Meet the Cast
Betty
The Devoted WifeYou can probably get a sense of how submissive a wife Betty is when the first words she says in the play are, "I live for Clive" (1.1.18). Clive is her husband, dudes. She follows u...
Edward
The Effeminate SonIn the play's opening song Edward tells us that, like his mother, he feels that "What [Clive] wants I'd dearly like to be" (1.1.30). The only problem is that Clive wants Edward to...
Victoria
The Lifeless DollIn Act 1 of Cloud 9, Victoria is actually played by a lifeless doll. So she doesn't exactly get any lines. Caryl Churchill makes an interesting point by making little Vicky a doll....
Clive
The FatherClive is a total patriarch who thinks that men should act like men and women like women. Or, to be more exact: men should have total control and women should do what men tell them to do....
Lin
Lin doesn't show up until Act 2 of Cloud 9. But once she does, she's a central character and we learn three important things about her. The first thing we learn about Lin is that she's definitely n...
Joshua
Joshua is the adopted African "son" of Clive. We're definitely using the word son sarcastically here, because Joshua is actually just a servant living in Clive's house. Churchill makes the choice o...
Harry Bagley
Harry Bagley is Clive's bestest buddy in the whole wide world. In fact, Harry is also a hero to Clive, who sometimes wishes that he could be an explorer and go have cool adventures like Harry. From...
Cathy
Cathy is Lin's precocious little daughter. We don't meet Cathy and Lin until Act 2 of the play. The first thing we hear from little Cathy (who is played by a man) is a few dirty nursery rhymes, whi...