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Character Name
Prisoner
Show
Gender
Male
Young Adult, Adult
Supporting
Voice
Non-singer
Time & Place
Contemporary New York City in the early 1980s, primarily unfolding in bars, streets, and seedy urban locations.
Analysis
The Prisoner is Edmond’s cellmate in the final scene and one of the most chilling figures in the play. He is written as an African American man, and his race is significant—Mamet intentionally stages Edmond’s earlier racist outbursts against the reality of sharing intimate
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