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Colette - This character is a younger prostitute who works in the brothel. Early in the play she complains about taking a Communist as a customer.

Meg Dillon - This character is responsible for running the brothel. Her spouse claims to have found her on the street and taken her in.

Miss Gilchrist - This character is not a regular inhabitant of the lodging house. An acquaintance of Mr. Mulleady's, she appears with him after the two of them have been making disgusting noises in their room together for three hours.

Princess Grace - This character is a black sailor who is Rio Rita's boyfriend.

IRA Officer - This character is a schoolmaster in his working hours and a tough man in his free time. His uptight bureaucratic attitude to the provisioning and securing of the hostage reflects his schoolmaster background.

Kate - This character is...

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