MA I N C H A R A C T E R S

FR O M ‘ TH E CA R E T A K E R ’
WR ITE R: HA ROL D PINTE R
AN OVERVIEW OF THE CHARACTERS
• THE THREE MAIN CHARACTERS DISCUSSED IN THE PLAY ARE ASTON, MICK, AND DAVIES.
• IT IS UP TO THE READER’S CHOICE AS TO WHOM THEY CONSIDER PROTAGONIST OF THE PLAY.
• DAVIES CLEARLY SEEMS TO LIE ON THE DARK SIDE OF SPECTRUM.
• ASTON’S BROTHER, MICK, PORTRAYS A TWEENER SORT OF CHARACTER.
• THE PLAY IS AN INTERESTING TAKE ON HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS, THE NEED OF PROPER COMMUNICATION,
AND SEVERAL OTHER SOCIAL THEMES.
CHARACTER NO.1: ASTON
• HE’S A MAN IN HIS LATE THIRTIES.
• HE IS LIVING IN A RUN-DOWN FLAT ALONE.
• THERE ARE BUCKETS FULL OF SCREWS, AND NAILS IN HIS HOUSE ALONG WITH A SHOPPING CART.
• HE WAS A FORMER FACTORY WORKER BUT HAS BEEN UNEMPLOYED SINCE GOING THROUGH ELECTRO-SHOCK TREATMENT AN YEAR AGO.
• HE BRINGS HOME DAVIES AFTER A FIGHT AT THE LOCAL BAR AND OFFERS HIM THE JOB TO BE HIS FLAT’S CARETAKER.
• HE IS PLANNING TO BUILD A SHED IN THE BACKYARD OF HIS FLAT AND SPENDS HOURS PLANNING THE TOOLS AND MATERIAL HE’LL NEED.
• HE NEVER SEEMS TO START DOING THE TASK AND IS UNABLE TO STAY FOCUSED ON ANY ONE TASK.
• ASTON CONFESSES HE HAS DIFFICULTY ORDERING HIS THOUGHTS.
CHARACTER NO.2: DAVIES
• DAVIES IS AN OLD MAN FROM SID CUP, LONDON.
• HE IS VERY ARGUMENTATIVE, LOUD, AND ARROGANT.
• HE HAS A MARTYR COMPLEX.
• HE IS INHERENTLY RACIST, AND SEES DANGER IN EVERY BROWN OR BLACK FACE.
• HE FEELS A THREAT FROM EVERY ACCENT DIFFERENT FROM HIS OWN.
• ASTON RESCUES HIM FROM THE FIGHT AT BAR.
• DAVIES ADMITS THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME HE HAD FIGHT WITH A FOREIGNER.
CHARACTER NO.2: DAVIES

• HE BELIEVES NONE OF THESE FIGHTS WERE IN ANYWAY HIS FAULT.

• HE ALSO MAKES FUN OF ASTON FOR HIS LAZINESS IN HIS ABSENCE.
• DAVIES IS ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT HIS IDENTITY PAPERS, ON THE BASIS OF WHICH HE CAN ACQUIRE A
JOB.
CHARACTER NO.3: MICK
• MICK IS ASTON’S YOUNGER BROTHER.
• HE’S A MAN IN HIS LATE TWENTIES.
• WHENEVER HE SPEAKS HE EITHER UTTERS A SINGLE LINE OR A LONG INCOHERENT SENTENCE.
• HE TALKS OF DOZENS OF UNSEEN FRIENDS, PLACES IN LONDON, AND FINANCIAL TERMS.
• HE TALKS WITH DAVIES ABOUT INTERIOR DECORATION.
• MICK IS RATHER MYSTERIOUS AND COMPLEX.
• HE DOESN’T TALKS THAT MUCH WITH HIS BROTHER BUT DEEPLY CARES ABOUT HIM.
• HE IS AN INTELLIGENT INDIVIDUAL AND PRETTY AMBITIOUS.