See Nick Tynan
Charlie's adoptive mother appears in his memory scenes with his father In one memory, she tells Drumm that Charlie was adopted, that his birth mother attempted to abort him, and that she herself took him home from the hospital and kept him. In another memory, Da lunges at Mother with his fist but stops himself just before striking her. Charlie later learns that Mother married Da only because her own father wanted her to, although she was in love with someone else. Charlie's mother dies several years before his father.
Oliver is Charlie's childhood friend In act 1, Oliver, in his early forties, stops by to see Charlie after Da's funeral. In a flashback to Charlie's teen years, Oliver is with him Just before he attempts to.....
