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Characters
Elsie Wright: 17, the dreamer
Frances Griffiths: Elsie’s cousin, 15, the storyteller
Arthur Wright : Elsie’s father
Polly Wright: Elsie’s mother
Girls of Cottingley
(all are aged 16 or 17)
Vivie: the prankster, fun-loving vivacious
Betsy: naïve, sweet-natured, gentle
Mags: the theorist, loves to read
Flossie: the ‘middle child’ of the group, always feeling a bit left-out
Agatha: the dramatic one, a wannabe music hall performer
Janet: the pragmatist, a farmer’s daughter
Others of Cottingley
Reverend Cooper
Mrs Cooper
Mr Wyedale: the baker
Bob: a farmer
Betsy’s Mum
Mr Brown: an upright gentlemen
Mr Tindall: an elderly man
Mr Drake: a photographer, Elsie’s employer
Mr Catling: a local artist
Mr Gage: a local artist
Mrs Bell: a local artist
Thomas: a boy at Sunday school
Various Villagers including a pub landlord, seamstresses and a fishing net salesman
Employees of The Dispatch
Winifred Douglas: a journalist
Lillian Carter: the editor
Mary Wood: a photographer
Additional Characters
Madame Blavatsky: a theosophist
Clarence Johnson: a clairvoyant
Correspondents
Londoners
Theosophists
and
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: author and dedicated spiritualist