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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.'']]
[[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.'']]
'''Carrington''' is a friend of [[Joseph]] and [[Lula]] from their college days. [[Conway]] has the chance to meet him at [[Equus Oils]] in [[Act I]].
'''Carrington''' is a friend of [[Joseph]] and [[Lula]] from their college days and the director of the plays ''[[The Entertainment]]'' and ''[[Death Of The Hired Man]]''. [[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.
A [[wrongle]] of Carrington is viewable at http://kentuckyroutezero.com/phonebooth.wrongle.
== Personality ==
Carrington is an enthusiastic and verbose character with an impressive knowledge of and passion for dramatic works.


== Life ==
== Life ==
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Little is known about Carrington's life.
Little is known about Carrington's life.


Throughout the story, Carrington searches for an outdoor venue to perform his [[Death of the Hired Man|play]], an experimental adaptation of Robert Frost's "[[wikipedia:The Death of the Hired Man|The Death of the Hired Man]]." He is also director of the play ''[[The Entertainment]]''.
Throughout the story, Carrington searches for an outdoor venue to perform his play, an experimental adaptation of Robert Frost's "[[wikipedia:The Death of the Hired Man|The Death of the Hired Man]]," and asks Conway to find a venue for him: "Somewhere outdoors. Somewhere intimate. Somewhere tragic."
 
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.
 
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]], 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]]''.


In talking with [[Shannon]] at the [[Random Access Self Storage|self storage facility]] in [[Act III]], he references many others plays as well, 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]]''. In the beginning of [[Act II]], in talking with [[Lula]], he quotes the French dramatist [[wikipedia:Antonin Artaud|Antonin Artaud]]. He claims drama is only his second love; his true calling is pseudoscience.
He claims drama is only his second love; his true calling is pseudoscience.