Short Plays · Character
Elder Daniels
A frontier religious elder in The Showing-Up of Blanco Posnet, dispensing stern morality to a town that would rather hang a horse thief than hear a sermon.
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Also known as Elder Daniels, Elder, Daniels, Elder Daniels The Sheriff, Elder Daniels Shocked, Elder Daniels Sheriff, Elder Daniels Morning, Elder Daniels Aye, Elder Daniels There
First appearance: the showing up of blanco posnet
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Elder Daniels represents the piety of the Western town that has caught Blanco Posnet, and his authority is the sort that speaks comfortably of judgment while the sheriff handles the rope. He is a man of God in a place…
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