Short Fiction · Character
Mrs. John Pearce
A married woman mentioned briefly, possibly a background character.
minor
Also known as John
First appearance: a man of straw
Mrs. John Pearce's tie to The Woman is one of the pressures that moves Short Fiction—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
The woman from the actor's past, now married with four children, who visits him after thirty years.
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- Closing
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