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Phillip Gellburg
“slender, intense man” “…in his late forties” What he says about his self:
“We’re from Finland originally”
“They can’t even speak English”… about German Jews “They’re supposed to be refugees”
“I’m the only Jew ever worked for Brooklyn”
“I’ve worn black ever since high school”
“You never forgave me, Sylvia. So whenever I... when I started to touch you I felt that”
“I made my son in this bed and now I’m dying in it”
“I want my wife back”
What others say about him:
“I’ve nodded to you on the street for years now, but you’re too preoccupied to notice.”
“It gives you authority?” about wearing black by Hyman
“He’s a dictator” Margret
He’d rather not be one” a Jew said by Hyman
“he hit her with the steak” Harriet
“You regretted you got married” Sylvia
“His whole life! Poor Philip.” Because she doesn’t give him anything - Sylvia

Sylvia
“She is mid forties, a buxom, capable and warm woman”
What she says about herself:
“I feel like I’m losing everything, I’m being torn to pieced”
“We haven’t had any relations for almost twenty years”
What others say about her:
“I got the feeling she may be afraid she’s annoying you when she talks about such things.” Hyman talking to Gellburg about Sylvia’s worries for the Jews.
“We are almost certain that it is a psychological condition”

Hyman
What he says about himself: “I find this Adolf Hitler very disturbing”
“I can’t imagine these people marching into Australia”
“I believe we get sick in twos and threes” – This is an important element as the play only has two characters on, however at one point there are three
“I haven’t been this moved by a woman in a very long time” to Sylvia
“She thinks something is going on between us” to Sylvia bout Margret

Margret Hyman
“she is fair, energetic, carries pruning shears”
What she says about herself:
“I think you’ve got to get someone on this who won’t be carried away, Harry”

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