J R
Cast of characters
originally compiled by Alan Westrope
-- now in the process of being transferred to
J R Dramatis Personae

Al & friend
members of the band Gravestone, friends of Rhoda
Norman Angel
Reuben Angel
Stella Angel
Anne and Julia Bast
Unmarried aunts of Edward Bast and Stella Angel, residents of Bast family home on Long Island.  Legal discussion with Coen, 3-17; discussion with Stella about Reuben and other family matters, 59-68; move to a nursing home in Indiana, 713.  AW
Charlotte Bast
a/k/a Carlotta
A sister of Anne and Julia Bast who became an actress . . .
Edward Bast
A composer who teaches at JR's high school, the son of James Bast; nephew of Anne and Julia Bast; placed in J R’s junior high school as composer in residence by the Foundation.  Rehearses Wagner’s Das Rheingold, 32-36; gives educational TV lecture on Mozart, 39-44; tells Stella Angel he loves her, 71-2; helps Amy Joubert take students on field trip to buy one share of stock, 75-129; tries to get a job writing “nothing music,” 112; finds his studio vandalized, 137; seduced by Stella until Norman interrupts, 138-9; accepts Crawley’s $200 commission to write “zebra music,” 202-6; fired by J R, 639; finds his house has disappeared, 664; taken to hospital by Coen, 668; gets Duncan as his hospital roommate, 670.  AW
Beamish
Mrs. Schramm's lawyer
Beaton
lawyer
Brisboy
Governor John Cates
Amy Joubert's great uncle
Mr. Coen
Lawyer for the Bast family and General Roll Company, typically anxious that his name not be thought to be Cohen.  Legal discussion with Bast sisters, 3-17; charged with reckless driving after breaking his glasses at the Bast home, 150; discusses General Roll’s legal and financial situation with Norman Angel, 353-61; takes Bast to hospital, 668.  (The name occurs on pp. 3, 4, 6, 61, 64, 65, 140, 149, 152, 156, 353, 355-61, 532, 624, 664-70, 674, 675, 682, 688, 713-5, 717-9. The name Cohen, which always refers to Coen, occurs on pp. 3-17, 61-3, 66, 232, 532, 675-9, 681, 682.) AW
Crawley
of Crawley & Brothers
Dick Cutler
salesman, eventual husband of Amy Moncrieff Joubert
Dave Davidoff
Duncan
head of wallpaper firm
Ann diCephalis
wife of JR's school principal
Dan diCephalis
principal of JR's high school
Donny & Nora diCephalis
children of Dan and Ann deCephalis

Thomas Eigen

writer
Marian Eigen
wife of Thomas Eigen
Miss Flesch
secretary at JR's school
Ford
from the Foundation
Gall
from the Foundation

Jack Gibbs

teacher at JR's Long Island school, writer
Mrs. Gibbs
Jack Gibbs' former wife, mother of his son.
Major Hyde
Hyde boy  

Amy Joubert

teacher at JR's school, wife of the Swiss Lucien, mother of Francis
Francis Joubert
son of Amy & Lucien Joubert
Lucien Joubert
Amy Joubert's husband
Freddy Moncrieff
Amy's older retarded brother, Gibbs's former classmate
Monty Moncrieff
Amy Joubert's father
Lemp
Leo
foreman at General Roll Company
Myrna
secretary at General Roll Company
Congressman Pecci
Piscator
Davidoff's lawyer
Rhoda
sometime resident of the 96th Street apartment, Schramm's former lover
JR Van Sant
of the JR Family of Companies
Schepperman
painter
Schramm
writer
Mrs. Schramm
widow of Schramm
Zona Selk
Skinner
former textbook salesman, new husband of the former Mrs. Gibbs
Stye
insurance agent
Vern Teakell
district superintendant of schools
Terry
Norman Angel's secretary at General Roll
Coach Vogel
Teaches driver education at J R’s junior high school. Hired by JR subsidiary Ray-X as director of research and development, 527. (The name occurs on pp. 18, 22, 29, 46, 176, 220, 237, 240, 241, 308-10, 312, 328, 329, 341, 451, 458, 459, 498, 527, 528, 645, 673, 674.) AW
Nurse Waddams
Works first at J R’s junior high school, then at hospital where Angel, Bast, Cates, and Duncan are being treated. (The name occurs on pp. 183, 240, 319, 333, 337, 341, 450, 669, 670, 674, 687, 688.) AW
Principal Whiteback
Principal of J R’s junior high school and president of a local bank. Given job with Federal Communications Commission, 710. (The name occurs on pp. 18, 19, 23, 24, 27, 31, 38-40, 44-7, 49-52, 165, 169, 174, 175, 177-85, 220, 222-9, 236, 237, 239-41, 312, 313, 320-3, 325-8, 330-2, 338, 340, 342, 346, 449-57, 459-61, 463, 484, 497, 649.) AW
 

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