King Hedley II
Main character of the play, just finished a 7-year prison sentence
Ruby
King's mother
Mister
King's best friend from childhood
Elmore
Ruby's longtime flame
Robert
Elmore's son in the army
Tonya
King's wife of a few years
Stool Pigeon
King's next-door neighbor, real name Cane-well
The Hill District
Where the play takes place
Strip District
further away, supermarkets here.
Mayview
mental hospital
Shadyside
town where a black family's house burned down
Strip District
further away place they go for supermarkets
Walter Kelly and Red Carter
both in the music business, Ruby used to be in Walter Kelly band.
Fifth Ave, Herron Ave, Wylie (street were King worked at bar), Whiteside Road, Wooster Street (Ruby lived here once), Casset Street
streets mentioned
Homewood, West-End
Other town's mentioned.
Alaga Syrup
Old ad featuring faded portrait of Willie Mays is painted on a building in the Hill District
Neesi
King's old love that dies and he can't get over
Natasha
Tonya's daughter from a previous relationship
Leroy
King's actual father, who Elmore killed
Hop
King's employer at the construction company - wants to built in East Liberty (where they get pictures)
Billy Cisco
Died Randomly
Stroller
Died of heart attack.
Little Buddy Will
killed in a drive-by shooting on Bryn Mawr Road
Louise
woman who raised King
Aunt Ester
an old woman who lives in the Hill District, described like a saint of the town, has book of life, dies.
Halo
King dreams he has one around his head
Pernell
The man King killed
Pernell's Cousin
searching for King to kill him
Mr. Eli
close with Aunt Esther
Royal Videos
potential name of Mister and King's video store
Deanna
Mister's wife (who just left him)
Pat's Place
Where stool pigeon gets newspapers
Center
place where local shops are.
Webster
someone shot stool pigeon here
Canewell
Stool Pigeon's real name, according to him
Smith & Wesson
Type of gun Elmore has
Tobin's Distributors, Miller Auto Parts, Pat's Place (deal with papers), Cephus's Fish Restaurant, Crawford Grill (Ruby wants to sing here), Mercy Hospital, Hester's (market), Ellis Hotel
places
Black Cat
Aunt Esther's cat
Myrtle Johnson
8 of her kids burnt in fire in Montgomery, Alabama
Stoller
fat man who died
"Red Sails"
King's favorite song that Ruby used to sing him
Edna Stewart
The woman Mister's dad ran off with
Mellon
a rich man
Miss Biggs
King's 3rd grade teacher
Floyd Barton
man King Hedley I killed
Buddy Bolden
guy who had Hedley's father's money at his funeral
Conquering Lion of Judea
Stool Pigeon says machete Hedley used is the machete of the Conquering Lion of Judea
Putter
friend of Mister and King who got caught stealing money
Western State Penitentiary
where King did his jail sentence
Irv's Bar
Outside of it is where King killed Pernell
"Champ"
What Pernell called King
"Mattie Dee Waltz"
song Ruby imagines she and Elmore are dancing to
Mullin Brothers
run the crap game
Gator
guy who is cutting Leroy's hair at the barbershop right before Elmore kills him
Key to the Mountain
...
Vera
saw Floyd with Hedley
Ward Henry
asked Elmore to play crap game against Mullin Brothers.
Leroy
King's biological father, elmore killed him.
Big Jake's Lounge
Where Elmore starts to dislike LeRoy
Poochie Tillery
Floyd stole money with him