A Voyage Round My Father (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: John Mortimer
- First Published: 1971
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The 1930’s to the 1960’s
- Setting: England
- Genres: Domestic realism, Drama, Psychological drama, Memory play, Autobiographical drama
- Subjects: 1950’s, Maturation or coming of age, 1960’s, Family or family life, Self-discovery, Memory, Parents and children, 1940’s, Schools or school life, 1930’s, England or English people
- Locales: England
Characters Discussed
Father, a barrister in London, an antisocial man who takes refuge in his beloved garden every time a visitor threatens to disturb him. He seems sincerely to pity his son for having to go visit someone. Father collects the earwigs caught in his garden traps every evening and drowns them. His garden is his true passion, and the law is merely a way to earn a living—though he is very good at what he does. He is blinded from an accident while pruning an apple tree, but he refuses to acknowledge that he is blind. His visual blindness epitomizes his emotional...
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