Glass of Water

If I had to pick just one person for the protagonist for Glass of Water, (or, at least, I can't think of a reason why it is not useful for the script) I would have to choose Abigail Churchill. With Abigail, we hear of her struggles before we even see her, with Arthur Masham explaining to the Viscount Bolingbroke (Henry St. John) that he was in love with a woman who just lost her job and that he cannot marry her though they are in love due to the person that is sponsoring him. Abigail's struggles continue when we find out that the job posting she came to the palace to apply for has already been filled. But a hopeful situation occurred when a then unknown lady came in whom  Abigail had been kind to before offers her a job. That lady turns out to be Queen Anne, but the news becomes bad quickly for her. The Duchess of Marlborough has the ear of the Queen and also happens to be Abigail's cousin and does not like the scandal of having someone as poor as Abigail relative to her. While Abigail's occupation goes back and forth, she finds out her love, Masham, has killed a man and must go on the run, but before he can leave, he is given a higher station that forces him to stay, all thanks to his secret "sponsor." That sponsor turns out to be the Duchess, and she is in love with Masham. But that is not the only one, the Queen is also in love with him and Abigail tries to stop both of them getting her man. She also has to deal with her friend, the Viscount, getting threaten by (who else) the Duchess. Abigail deals with a lot of struggle in such a short amount of time and it makes it easy to want to root for her. In the end, though, her struggles prove worthwhile when she gets the approval of the Queen to marry her love and that her love does not go to jail for killing a man. Of all the characters in the play, it almost appears she has the most "screen time" and while the some of the characters also suffer from some difficulties, hers seems to be the more pronounced.