# Frank — The Mule-Bone character guide

> Frank in The Mule-Bone by Langston Hughes.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Frank Aw, Frank Seriously

**First appearance:** 0002-act-i

## Snapshot

One of the porch regulars at Joe Clark's store, Frank is a village voice in the running commentary that greets every arrival and every tall tale.

## Who they are

Frank belongs to the loose brotherhood of men who chew sugarcane, whittle, and argue away Saturday afternoons on the store porch, part of the chorus that makes Eatonville's gossip feel like weather. He has no single errand in the plot so much as a function: to react, to rankle, to keep the talk moving while Jim and Dave's rivalry gathers heat around him. His presence matters because the play's comedy lives in these communal ears and tongues, and Frank is one of the ears.

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