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'''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. [[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. | |||
== 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]]''. | |||
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. | |||