1. Arsenic and Old Lace 2. The copy I had did not list the author. 4. Act 1: Set in late afternoon in the month of September in the present time. Act 2: Later that same night. Act 3: Later that night to early the next morning. 5. The main characters include: Mortimer Brewster, Aunt Abby, Aunt Martha, Elaine, Teddy, Dr. Einstein, Jonathan Brewster, and Officer O'Hara. 6. Personally I liked Teddy the best because he was such a bizarre character. He added a lot of life and personality to this play with his reenactment of different events in Theodore Rosevelts life. His role added an element of unpredictability to the play I thought. 7. If I were cast