Overview
Character Name
Hambone
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Mature Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Voice
Spoken
Time & Place
the hill district, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, 1969
Analysis
Hambone is a regular customer at Memphis’ restaurant. “He is self-contained and in a world of his own. His mental condition has deteriorated to such a point that he can only say two phrases, and he repeats them idiotically over and over” (Wilson’s description). Most of the
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