IN LOVING
MEMORY OF
MY COUSIN
JIMMY
HACKER
DO NOT, AS SOME
UNGRACIOUS
PASTORS DO,
SHOW ME THE
STEEP AND
THORNY
WAY TO
HEAVEN,
WHILES, LIKE
A PUFFED AND
RECKLESS
LIBERTINE,
HIMSELF THE
PRIMROSE PATH
OF DALLIANCE
TREADS …
—HAMLET
DRAMATIS
PERSONAE
HANALEE DENNEY, daughter to the late Hank Denney, and stepdaughter to Clyde Koning
GRETA KONING, mother to Hanalee, and wife to Clyde Koning
GHOST of Hank Denney
CLYDE KONING, physician
FLEUR PAULISSEN, friend to Hanalee, and sister to Laurence
LAURENCE PAULISSEN, brother to Fleur
POLLY PAULISSEN, widow, and mother to Fleur and Laurence
JOE ADDER, accused of the murder of Hank Denney
REVEREND AND MRS. ADDER, parents to Joe and six other children
MILDRED MARKS, a neighbor
BERNICE MARKS, younger sister to Mildred
MRS. MARKS, widow, and mother to Mildred, Bernice, and seven other children
SHERIFF RINK, head law enforcer
DEPUTY FORTAINE, assistant to Sheriff Rink
ROBBIE AND GIL WITTEN, twin brothers, and friends to Laurence
MR. AND MRS. FRANKLIN, restaurateurs
OPAL RICKERT, sweetheart to Laurence
HARRY CORNELIUS, AL VOLTMAN, OSCAR AND CHESTER KLEIN, local boys
SCENE: Elston, Oregon
WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, EARLY 1900s.
