Overview
Character Name
Pertinax Surly
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Voice
Spoken
Time & Place
London, Seventeenth Century
Analysis
Pertinax Surly is a gamester (card shark) and a pimp. He is an acquaintance of Sir Epicure Mammon and comes with him to see Subtle, the ‘Alchemist’. As his name suggests, Surly is ill-tempered and cynical, and quickly cottons on to the fact that Subtle and Face are con men.
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