A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Peter Nichols
- First Published: 1967
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Black humor
- Time of Work: The mid-1960’s
- Setting: A southwestern suburb of London
- Genres: Drama, Comedy, Dark comedy
- Subjects: Values, 1960’s, Parents and children, Education or educators, Marriage, Hope, London, Ethics, Disabilities or physically challenged persons, Birth defects
- Locales: London, England
Characters Discussed
Brian (Bri), a thirty-three-year-old schoolteacher in Bristol, England. Bri is an adept comedian, jokester, and mimic who has found that humor is the only escape from or cure for the reality of living with a spastic child. He loves his wife, Sheila, and their daughter, Joe, but feels that circumstances (an unexpected pregnancy and ensuing medical malpractice) have thrown him into an untenable situation. He is moody, emotionally spontaneous, and deeply jealous of Joe for usurping Sheila’s attention. An aspiring painter who has lost the creative drive and...
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