JAKE CLATT, 30, an insensitive bore
MRS. CLATT, 60, JAKE's mother with a coarse smile and dyed hair
FLORRY MANGLE, 20, wistful, humorless, and interested in JAKE
MRS. SNOWDEN, 50, quiet, unobtrusive, and lonely
MISS BROWN, 36, prim on the surface but with the marks of the amateur prostitute
MR. FARREL, 60, a piano teacher, new to Dixieland
HELEN GANT, middle 20's, gaunt, raw-boned, often nervous, intense, irritable and abusive, though basically generous the hysteria of excitement constantly lurking in her
BEN GANT, the hero protector of those he loves, with quiet authority and passion for home
"FATTY" PERT, generous, somewhat boozy woman
LAURA JAMES, 23, attractive but not beautiful
W.O. GANT, at heart a far wanderer and a minstrel but he has degraded his life with libertinism and drink, monstrous fumbling for life
DR. MAGUIRE, unkept but kind
TIM LAUGHRAN, the saloon keeper
REED MCKINNEY, crony and a drunk
JOE TARKINGTON, crony and a drunk
MADAME VICTORIA, well-clad and carries herself stylishly