Left-Handed Catcher
OC-tober: Day 18
Laurence Hansill - The World Turned Upside Down
Laurence Hansill’s claim to fame in this story is that he was the pretentious tragedian who Richard and Edmund blew up on stage by putting a minuscule amount of gunpowder in his prop pipe. (He was fine.) There’s really not too much else anyone needs to know about him, really. He was once renowned as a tragic actor and generally took the lead in any and all tragedies the theatre troupe performed - he’s in costume as Hamlet in the image here, of course - but now that the theatres are closed he’s been drifting through life trying to figure something out, and nothing’s really working, although he’s generally able to evoke people’s sympathy by acting well enough.
Laurence has to eventually swallow his pride and turns to the Lords of Misrule to inform them of some things he’s discovered in exchange for their help in getting back on his feet. We can’t tell you just what information is being exchanged here yet because it’s plot-relevant, but it’s definitely useful.
