Overview
Character Name
Chairy Barnum
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Dancing
Mover
Voice
Mezzo-Soprano
Vocal Technique
Legit
Time & Place
Bridgeport, Connecticut, New York City, United States, 1870s, 1880s
Analysis
Chairy (Charity) Barnum is the devoted and supportive wife of Phineas Taylor Barnum. At the start of the show, she is in a box above the stage, posing as an audience member and scorning the “humbug” that Barnum espouses. But this is just an act, as she actually encourages
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