Point of View

The use of point of view in the play is used to a create split between characters who understand Garry well and those who project idealized fantasies onto him. This divide allows the play to explore the tension between Garry’s public persona and his private self while drawing the audience into the perspectives of the characters closest to him.

On one side are characters like Monica, Liz, Fred, Miss Erikson, Morris, Henry, and even Garry himself. These individuals know Garry intimately and view his crises as predictable, recurring events. For them, Garry’s romantic entanglements and melodramatic outbursts are part of a well-established pattern. Monica’s dry efficiency, Liz’s pragmatic detachment, and Fred’s stoic practicality reflect their shared understanding of Garry’s nature. They navigate his theatrics with ease, recognizing them as extensions of his personality rather than genuine catastrophes. Their point...