Overview
Character Name
Bessie
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Late Teen, Young Adult
Role Size
Lead
Voice
Spoken
Time & Place
2003, liberia, army camp
Analysis
A Liberian girl in her mid-to-late-teens, Bessie is the third wife (referred to often in the play simply as “Number Three”) of a commanding officer (referred to as “C.O.”) of the Liberian rebel army. She is about to become a mother - she begins the play six months pregnant
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