Maurice (played by Oliver Platt) is a protagonist in The Impostors.
Maurice is one half of a struggling New York City con-artist duo with Arthur. He survives through petty swindles and practices acting with his partner, then hides as a stowaway aboard an ocean liner after their drunken confrontation with Sir Jeremy Burtom. Arthur (played by Stanley Tucci) is a protagonist in The Impostors.
Arthur is Maurice's partner in petty swindles and improvised acting in 1938 New York City. After a drunken confrontation with Sir Jeremy Burtom, he joins Maurice in hiding as a stowaway on an ocean liner, where mistaken identities and escalating chaos dominate their situation. Mike / Laertes in "Hamlet" (played by Matt Malloy) appears in The Impostors.
Mike is an acquaintance of Maurice and Arthur who performs as Laertes in Sir Jeremy Burtom's production of Hamlet. The two actors see him while attending the performance, which they mock. Sir Jeremy Burtom (played by Alfred Molina) appears in The Impostors.
Sir Jeremy Burtom is a pretentious and dreadful Shakespearean actor whose drunken confrontation with Maurice and Arthur forces the two petty swindlers to hide as stowaways on an ocean liner. Burtom is also aboard the ship, turning their attempt to escape him into a continuing source of mistaken identities and comic danger. Burtom's Assistant (played by Michael Emerson) appears in The Impostors.
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Characters
Maurice
(played by Oliver Platt) — protagonist
Maurice is one half of a struggling New York City con-artist duo with Arthur. He survives through petty swindles and practices acting with his partner, then hides as a stowaway aboard an ocean liner a...
Arthur
(played by Stanley Tucci) — protagonist
Arthur is Maurice's partner in petty swindles and improvised acting in 1938 New York City. After a drunken confrontation with Sir Jeremy Burtom, he joins Maurice in hiding as a stowaway on an ocean li...
Mike / Laertes in "Hamlet"
(played by Matt Malloy) — minor
Mike is an acquaintance of Maurice and Arthur who performs as Laertes in Sir Jeremy Burtom's production of Hamlet. The two actors see him while attending the performance, which they mock.
Sir Jeremy Burtom
(played by Alfred Molina) — supporting
Sir Jeremy Burtom is a pretentious and dreadful Shakespearean actor whose drunken confrontation with Maurice and Arthur forces the two petty swindlers to hide as stowaways on an ocean liner. Burtom is...
Burtom's Assistant
(played by Michael Emerson) — supporting
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Burtom's Assistant → Sir Jeremy Burtom
(assistant)
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Arthur → Mike / Laertes in "Hamlet"
(Social Theatrical Acquaintances)
Mike is described as an acquaintance of Maurice and Arthur and is identified as an actor in the Hamlet production they attend.
Maurice → Mike / Laertes in "Hamlet"
(Social Theatrical Acquaintances)
The plot states that Maurice and Arthur go to see a production of Hamlet in which their acquaintance Mike is also acting.
Maurice → Arthur
(Alliance Acting And Swindling Partners)
The plot identifies Maurice and Arthur as struggling actors who also survive through petty swindles. They rehearse together, face hunger together, hid...
Story Analysis
Two impoverished actors escape the consequences of an accident and become trapped in a shipboard maze of disguises, schemes, and uncertain emotions.
Plot Progression
Hungry Men of the Stage
From Theater to Flight
Schemes Below Deck
Love as Another Mask
Directed by Stanley Tucci
The Impostors (1998) · 6/10 · comedy
Content sources
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(Q374507), public domain (CC0).
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