Characters
- John Sage/Rusty - Avon Long
- Irene Paige - Josephine Premice (replacing Thelma Carpenter who left prior to Broadway)
- Marsha/Young Irene - Vivian Reed
- Checkers - Joseph Attles
- Dusty Ella - Ethel Beatty
- Carolyn/Gospel Lady/Nightclub singer - Carolyn Byrd
- Jim/Nightclub singer - Chip Garnett
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Famous quotes containing the word characters:
“Do you set down your name in the scroll of youth, that are written down old with all the characters of age?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“When the characters are really alive before their author, the latter does nothing but follow them in their action, in their words, in the situations which they suggest to him.”
—Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936)
“My characters never die screaming in rage. They attempt to pull themselves back together and go on. And that’s basically a conservative view of life.”
—Jane Smiley (b. 1949)