Overview
Character Name
Chester Lyman
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Featured
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Spoken
Time & Place
Bridgeport, Connecticut, New York City, United States, 1870s, 1880s
Analysis
Chester Lyman is Joice Heth’s “manager,” and sells her to P.T. Barnum under the auspice of selling her contract. She is on a little wagon, playing piano, and Lyman convinces Barnum that people came by the thousands to see her in Philadelphia. Once Lyman gets the money, he
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