Radium Girls - Characters
The Women in the Factory
Grace Fryer: A top-notch dialpainter. She is 15 at the start of the play and 26 at its close.
Kathryn Schaub: Grace's friend. She is another dialpainter. Also 15 at the start of the play.
Irene Rudolph: Kathryn's cousin. She is 17 at the start of the play. Later, she is in her 20s.
Mrs. Alma MacNeil: The women's supervisor at the factory.
The Company Men
Dr. Von Sochocky: Founder of the U.S. Radium Corporation and inventor of the luminous paint.
Arthur Roeder: President of the U.S. Radium Corporation. 34 at the start of the play; 65 at its close.
Edward Markley: Counsel for the company.
C.B. "Charlie" Lee: Vice President; later President of the company.
Their Family and Friends
Tom Kreider: Grace's boyfriend. He is several years older than she.
Diane Roeder: Married to Arthur Roeder.
Harriett Roeder: Their daughter. She is 9 years old at first; later, she is in her 30s.
Anna Fryer: Grace's mother.
The Advocates
Katherine Wiley: The Executive Director of New Jersey Consumer's League
Raymond Berry: An attorney for the dialpainters.
The Scientists
Dr. Marie Curie: A two-time Nobel-prize winning scientist. She discovered radium.
Dr. Cecil Drinker: A Harvard industrial hygienist.
Dr. Harrison Martland: The county Medical Examiner.
Dr. Joseph Knef: A dentist.
Frederick Flinn, PhD: Columbia University, industrial hygienist.
The Press
Reporter (Jack Youngwood): A reporter for the Newark Ledger.
Sob Sister (Nancy Jane Harlan): A tabloid reporter for the New York Graphic.
The Witnesses
William J.A. Bailey: An entrepreneur; manufacturer of Radithor.
Mrs. Michaels: A consumer of Radithor.
Society Woman: Mrs. James (Cora) Middleton; a well-bred woman
Clerk: An overworked public employee.
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