Character | Description | Lines |
El Bizarron | An extremely muscular, strong man, but with intelligence and awareness too. Brave and valiant. | 60 |
Pablo | A compassionate, poor stonemason | 7 |
El Diablo | An arrogant rich man who abuses his power | 67 |
Vanagloria | Diablo’s wife. A hen-pecking, vain woman, interested only in herself, riches and power | 34 |
Nazarena | A lady farmer who owns a small, poor farm near town | 8 |
Lourdes | A middle aged peasant woman of the local town | 7 |
Carmen | A middle aged peasant woman of the local town | 6 |
Wilfredo | One of the elderly town folks who is hearing impaired. He carries an ear trumpet, but still tends to misunderstand people | 13 |
Santa | The mayor of the town who is the mistress of ceremonies for the Fiesta at the Beach, the annual town celebration | 18 |
Marta | One of the local peasant women who has agreed to be master of ceremonies for the bar throwing contest | 13 |
Juan | A young, eager, but not very adept peasant | 4 |
Giovanni, Louis, Gloria, Rodrigo | Local peasants who enter the bar throwing contest | 1 each |
Burro | A donkey | 8 hee haws |
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