Overview
Character Name
Bess Johnson
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Lead
Voice
Spoken
Time & Place
late 1860s - early 1890s, wyoming territory, st. louis, missouri
Analysis
20s to 50s (ages 25 years over the course of the play). Bess Johnson is a young woman who has come West to Wyoming Territory as a mail-order bride, looking for a new home and for true love. She has been charmed by the letters of prospective husband Michael Flan, who loves
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