Buck and Billy are two down-and-out bums. Totally dependent on each other, they are almost never apart. Buck believes he is superior and is constantly calling Billy an idiot. Both are alcoholics and believe it is necessary for their survival. As the play ends we learn that Buck is just as much the idiot as Billy.
BUCK | A bum, shabbily dressed; age to be determined. |
BILLY | Buck's friend, also shabbily dressed. |