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− | [[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.'']]
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− | '''James Beckwourth Carrington''', usually referred to as just '''Carrington''', is a friend of [[Joseph]] and [[Lula]] from their college days. He is the director of the plays ''[[The Entertainment]]'' and {{DOTHM}}. [[Conway]] has the chance to meet him at [[Equus Oils]] in [[Act I]].
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− | A [[wrongle]] of Carrington is viewable at http://kentuckyroutezero.com/phonebooth.wrongle.
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− | == Personality and life ==
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− | 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.
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− | == Appearances ==
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− | Throughout the story, Carrington searches 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."
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− | In the beginning of [[Act II]], Carrington talks with [[Lula]] at the [[Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces|Bureau]] and quotes the French dramatist [[wikipedia:Antonin Artaud|Antonin Artaud]]. He appears later at the [[Random Access Self Storage|self-storage facility]], asking Conway for ideas as to a venue.
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− | In [[Act III]], he will meet the group at the location suggested for the play in the previous act – either at Equus Oils, [[Elkhorn Mine]], or the storage facility. In talking with [[Shannon]], he references plays, such as ''[[wikipedia:Oresteia|Oresteia]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Goethe's Faust|Faust]]'', ''[[wikipedia:The Iceman Cometh|The Iceman Cometh]]'', and ''[[wikipedia:The Glass Menagerie|The Glass Menagerie]]''.
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− | He appears and is the focus of the post-Act V [[Death Of The Hired Man|epilogue]], which takes the same title as his play.
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− | == Inspiration ==
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− | 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.
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