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Helena Charles - She is an actress who comes to stay with the Porters while she performs in a play at the local theater.

Cliff Lewis - He is a poorly educated, working class man of Welsh heritage. He is warm, loving, and humorous.

Alison Porter - She comes from the solid upper-middle-class Establishment. Her father was a colonel in the colonial Service and the family lived very comfortably in India until 1947.

Colonel Redfern - He is a retired army officer who served in India from 1913 to 1947.

Jimmy Porter - He dominates the play through the power of his anger and language. He unleashes his invective on what he calls the Establishment (those "born" to power and privilege), the church as part of the Establishment, and his loved ones.

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