Episode 3 - Hemingway and Oliva (Cast of Characters)

Cast of Characters

 

Anita Oliva –Wife of Pedro Oliva, Sr.; her oldest son is Pedro Oliva, Jr.; she is also Maria’s youngest sister

Antonio Oliva – Younger brother Pedro Oliva, Jr., by three years

Calvin Griffith – Majority owner of the Washington Senators

Gigi Hemingway – Nickname for Papa’s nine-year-old son; his real first name is Gregory (Gigi is pronounced with a soft “g”, as in “the rock band had a ‘gig’ to play”)

Manolin – A boy who lives in Cojímar; his best friend is an old fisherman; his younger cousin, from Pinar del Río, is Pedro Oliva, Jr.

Maria Petrona Lopez – Manolin’s mother; she commutes each day, except Sunday, to work as a housekeeper at the Finca Vigía; her younger sister is Anita Oliva (Maria, therefore, is Pedro Oliva, Jr.’s aunt

Martha Gellhorn –Papa’s third wife; her nickname is Marty

Mouse Hemingway - the nickname for Papa’s second oldest son; his real first name is Patrick

Papa Hemingway – Ernest Hemingway, the famous author

Papa Joe Cambria– A well-known scout for the Washington Senators in the 1940s and 50s

Pedro Oliva, Jr. – Born on July 20, 1938, he is about 2 ½ years old when he first meets Papa Hemingway at his family’s farm in the province of Pinar Del Río, 100 miles west of Havana; his older cousin, Manolin, and his aunt, Maria, now live in Cojímar. In the United States, Pedro Jr. would go by the name of his next youngest brother, Antonio, or “Tony” for short

Pedro Oliva, Sr. - Anita’s husband and father of 10, including Pedro Jr. and Antonio

Santiago, the Old Man – Lives in shack, near the wharf, in Cojímar; his best friend is the boy, Manolin