# Alfred — Heartbreak House character guide

> Alfred in Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Alfred, poor Alfred, Hector Alfred, Little Alf, Alf

**First appearance:** 0033-heartbreak-house

## Snapshot

A former employee of Mangan who turns up as a burglar, carrying old grievances and inconvenient knowledge into the house's drawing-room.

## Who they are

Alfred arrives at Heartbreak House as an intruder, but his real weapon is what he knows about the men who ruined him and others like him. He is neither villain nor victim in any simple sense, but a reminder that the world outside the drawing-room has scores to settle. His intrusion forces the house's comfortable inhabitants to confront the human cost of the fortunes they live on.

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