SHRINES OF GAIETY Characters By Chapter	EDITOR: Elizabeth Robinson
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FIRST NAME LAST NAME DESCRIPTION     1926     Holloway Nellie Coker Nightclub owner just released from prison, aka "Ma," aka Queen of Clubs Ramsay Coker Nellie's second son, 21 in 1926, aspiring writer Binnie Hale British stage actress John Frobisher Detective Inspector of Scotland Yard, on loan to Bow Street police station Amethyst   Nellie Coker's premier nightclub, aka Deck of Cards John Bull   London magazine Gwendolyn Kelling Frobisher's civilian subordinate, librarian at the Clifford Street library     The Queen of Clubs Freddie Bassett Head barman at the Amethyst Niven Coker Nellie's first son, WWI veteran, has many business interests Edith Coker Nellie's eldest daughter, Betty Coker Nellie's second daughter, Cambridge grad, bookkeeper/accountant, took Nellie's place while she was jailed Shirley Coker Nellie's third daughter, Cambridge grad Kitty Coker Nellie's fourth daughter, 11 years old in 1926 Jaeger   Nellie's first business partner, dance hall co-owner Arthur Maddox Detective Sergeant, Bow Street cop who protected the dance hall Moulin Vert   Nellie's first nightclub, "The Green Mill" Pixie, Foxhole, Sphinx, Crystal Cup   Nellie's other nightclubs Linwood   Doorman at the Amethyst, former royal butler Keeper   Niven's German shepherd     Bow Street Lottie Frobisher DCI Frobisher's wife, Charlotte Sergeant Oakes Bow Street officer, aka The Laughing Policeman     An Awkward Age Alfreda Murgatroyd 14-year-old runaway from York, aspiring actress, aka Freda Gladys Murgatroyd Freda's mother Vanda   Modeling friend of Freda Duncan   Modeling friend of Freda, former sailor Adele   Modeling friend of Freda, leader of the group     The Grand Tableau Hawker   Nellie's chauffeur Landor   A mysterious Hungarian gentleman     A Shropshire Lad     Après la Guerre Miss Tate Gwendolen's assistant librarian colleagues at the Clifford Street Library Miss Rogerson Gwendolen's assistant librarian colleagues at the Clifford Street Library Miss Shaw Gwendolen's assistant librarian colleagues at the Clifford Street Library Mr. Pollock Head Librarian at the Clifford Street Library Mrs. Bodley Owner/manager of the Warrender, a rooming house where Gwendolen stays in London Thomas Noble The man who swindled Gwendolen's mother out of all the family's money Harry   Gwendolen's brothers, died in WWI Dickie   Gwendolen's brothers, died in WWI     Frobisher Deskbound Florence Ingram Friend of Freda from the dance school whom she persuaded to go with her to London     Nightbirds Vivian Quinn Author of the Society Paragraphist newspaper column, pretentious acquaintance of Ramsay Cissy Murgatroyd Freda's older half-sister, married, close friend of Gwendolen     The Dardanelles Emin   Niven's Turkish barber Azzopardi   Crook who wants to take over Nellie's clubs     The Sights of London Mr. Jenkinson The Kelling family lawyer     Iced Fancies Lenny Birdwhistle Freda's mother's boyfriend, aka Lenny     The Fisher King Webb   The police doctor at the Bow Street mortuary     In Haste Wilfred   Cissy's husband, a civil engineer Mr. Ingram Florence's father     The Home Front William Cobb Police constable at Bow Street     Voilà! Phyllis   The Coker's scullery maid     His Prepar'd Prey Ruth Ingram Florence's mother Mrs. Darling Owner of the boarding house in London Freda & Florence found Ada Sherbourne Owner & dance instructor at the Vanbrugh Academy of Dance in London where Freda & Florence enrolled     The Crystal Cup Templeton   Manager at The Crystal Cup club Maud   Phantom that Nellie sees in the club     The Spoils of Egypt Gerrit   Dutch head barman at the Sphinx club, Ramsay's domain, gives Ramsay cocaine injections     A Kidnap, a Raid, and a Small Fire Bertha   Food preparer at the Pixie Club     The Audition Mr. Lionel Employee at the Adelphi Theater Miss Young Secretary at the Adelphi Theater Owen Varley Disreputable manager of the Adelphi Theater   Carpe Noctem Luca Frazzini Leader of a gang of hooligans Aldo   The gang member who was shot in the fracas at the Amethyst Club     Pastoral   Webb Police doctor     A Change of Scene Gertie Bridges A prostitute     Fairyland Pamela Berowne Friend of Ramsay Coker     In the Park Agnes   Nellie's former cellmate in Holloway Prison, Phyllis' aunt Joe Spiteri Burglar, changed his name to Azzopardi     Pour le Sport Herbert   Blind cornetist that Gwendoyn helped, aka Bert Pierrot   Frobisher's dog     Hail, Mortal! Joan   Vanda's friend & neighbor in London     The Waste Land Mrs. Taylor Woman from Colchester whose daughter ran away Wilhelmina Carter Mrs. Taylor's missing daughter, aka Minnie Harold Taylor Mrs. Taylor's 2nd husband     The Riddle of the Sphinx Cherry Ames An acquaintance of Freda's from the Vanbrugh Dance School, now in a play at the Palace Theater     The Box Mr. Sneddon Manager at the bank Nellie uses

Shrines of Gaiety suggested by Elizabeth Robinson