Margot

Margot is the central character of Chapter 1. An actress in her mid-forties, Margot feels that appearing as the lawyer Portia McBailey in this production of Mister Monkey the Musical is a low point in her career and that it is symbolic of her failure to live up to her expectations for her life that she had while at drama school. Margot demonstrates a professional attitude throughout the novel by continuing with the show despite Adam’s increasingly destructive and unpleasant behavior towards her. After numerous failed love affairs throughout her life, Margot worries that she will never find love. Ironically, her participation in Mister Monkey the Musical brings about a chance meeting with Mario, someone with whom she has a lot in common, showing that her involvement in the musical was a positive moment in her life not a negative one.

Adam

Adam is the central character of...