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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.'']]
'''James Beckwourth Carrington''', often known 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 ==
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 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]]''.
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 ==
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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