3,310
edits
Even for a low-activity wiki, hosting & rendering many HQ image files takes significant resources and comes with high monthly server costs.
If you're able, please consider contributing to keep the site running to help support this independent, ad-free, fan-run site. Thank you!
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Little is known about Throughout the story, Carrington's lifesearches for an outdoor venue to perform his [[Death Of The Hired Man|play]], an experimental adaptation of "[[wikipedia:The Death of the Hired Man|The Death of the Hired Man]]" by [[wikipedia:Robert Frost|Robert Frost]].At [[Equus Oils]] in [[Act I]], he asks [[Conway]] to find a venue for him, saying he hopes for "Somewhere outdoors. Somewhere intimate. Somewhere tragic."
Throughout In the storybeginning of [[Act II]], Carrington searches for an outdoor venue to perform his play, an experimental adaptation talks with [[Lula]] at the [[Bureau of "Reclaimed Spaces|Bureau]] and quotes the French dramatist [[wikipedia:The Death of the Hired ManAntonin Artaud|The Death of the Hired ManAntonin Artaud]]" by . He appears later at the [[wikipedia:Robert FrostRandom Access Self Storage|Robert Frostself-storage facility]], and asks asking Conway for ideas as to find a venue for him: "Somewhere outdoors. Somewhere intimate. Somewhere tragic."
In Act III, he will meet He appears and is the group at focus of the location suggested for the play in the previous act – either at Equus Oils, post-Act V [[Elkhorn MineDeath Of The Hired Man|epilogue]], which takes the storage facility. In talking with [[Shannon]], he references plays, such same title as ''[[wikipedia:Oresteia|Oresteia]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Goethe's Faust|Faust]]'', ''[[wikipedia:The Iceman Cometh|The Iceman Cometh]]'', and ''[[wikipedia:The Glass Menagerie|The Glass Menagerie]]''his play.
He claims drama is only his second love; his true calling is pseudoscience.== Inspiration ==
no edit summary
[[File:Carrington.png|thumb|right|''CARRINGTON: Maybe they ''should'' feel lost, Joseph: just as lost then as we are always already lost. Just like poor, itinerant Silas, wandering the road, looking for a home.'']]
'''James Beckwourth Carrington''' , usually referred to as just '''Carrington''', is a friend of [[Joseph]] and [[Lula]] from their college days and . He is the director of the plays ''[[The Entertainment]]'' and ''[[Death Of The Hired Man]]''{{DOTHM}}. [[Conway]] has the chance to meet him at [[Equus Oils]] in [[Act I]].
A [[wrongle]] of Carrington is viewable at http://kentuckyroutezero.com/phonebooth.wrongle.
== Personality and life ==
Carrington is an enthusiastic and verbose character with an impressive knowledge of and passion for dramatic works. He claims drama is only his second love; his true calling is pseudoscience. Little is known about Carrington's personal life.
== Life Appearances ==
In [[Act III]], he will meet the group at the location suggested for the beginning of play in the previous act – either at Equus Oils, [[Act IIElkhorn Mine]], Carrington talks or the storage facility. In talking with [[LulaShannon]] at the , he references plays, such as ''[[Bureau of Reclaimed Spaceswikipedia:Oresteia|BureauOresteia]] and quotes the French dramatist '', ''[[wikipedia:Antonin ArtaudGoethe's Faust|Antonin ArtaudFaust]]. He appears later at the '', ''[[Random Access Self Storagewikipedia:The Iceman Cometh|self storage facilityThe Iceman Cometh]]'', asking Conway for ideas as to a venueand ''[[wikipedia:The Glass Menagerie|The Glass Menagerie]]''.
The character of Carrington was inspired by two historical figures: [[wikipedia:James Beckwourth|James Pierson Beckwourth]], an African American mountain man from the mid-19th century, and [[wikipedia:Whately Carington|Whately Carington]], an English parapsychologist.
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Act IV]]
[[Category:The Entertainment]]
[[Category:Death Of The Hired Man]]
