Walter Shakespeare

Walter Shakespeare is the faithful assistant of Edwin Blackgaard, the flamboyant actor who owns the Harlequin Dinner Theater in Odyssey. A fellow thespian, Shakespeare serves his demanding employer with patient obedience. While Edwin dreams up grand schemes to draw attention to the theater, Shakespeare quietly does the real work that keeps the place running. Edwin depends on him far more than he cares to admit. Left alone, the great actor can barely find a phone book, work a stopwatch, or make a cup of tea. Shakespeare's steady, uncomplaining service makes him indispensable, and the pairing of the two men - one all bluster, the other all diligence - is at the heart of daily life at the Harlequin.