Religion: not determined yet
Name: Barbara
Classification: supporting character
Publisher(s): Atlantic Theater Company
First Appearance: Writer's Block (2003): "Riverside Drive"
Creators: Woody Allen, Kate Blumberg (actress)
Number of Appearances: 1
Enemy of: Fred Savage
Romantic Interest: Jim Swain
Location: Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: female
Note: Jim's mistress; threatens blackmail when he ends affair
Barbara is Jim's mistress. She is considerably younger than she is. When he meets her and tells her that he wants to end their affair, she does not take the news quietly. She threatens to blackmail him and tell his wife about the affair.
Suggested links for further research about this character:
- http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/1888/writers-block-allen
- http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/16/movies/theater-review-woody-being-woody-well-who-else.html?src=pm&pagewanted=2
- http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/sep/28/writers-block-nuffield-review
- http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/05/26/030526crth_theatre