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Wren Stirling
Colin is a third-year drama student who’s deemed talented enough to act in the fourth-years’ plays. Although the fourth-years are predisposed to dislike him, calling him a “Richard the Second,” he turns out to be an amiable character who gets along with everyone. He starts to date Alexander but asks him to keep their relationship secret.
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Colin Hyland Character Timeline in If We Were Villains
The timeline below shows where the character Colin Hyland appears in If We Were Villains. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Act 1, Scene 3
...while Oliver is playing Octavius, he’s also playing Casca—and she’s playing three different roles herself. Colin, a third-year, is playing both Antony and a role in the third-year production of The...
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Act 1, Scene 12
...they could get hurt. When Filippa tries to calm him down, he snaps at her. Colin, who’s been refereeing the games, senses conflict and clears the beach of spectators. Meredith criticizes...
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...coughs up water. Meredith and Wren scream at Richard for almost killing James. Oliver and Colin help James to the beach, where he slumps. The group is shaken. Richard tells them...
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Act 2, Scene 8
...commands Oliver and James to be drunk by midnight. At the party, Oliver talks to Colin, who comments on what a mess the assassination scene was, and Filippa, who has a...
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Act 3, Scene 12
...Oliver asks Alexander where he was that night, and Alexander admits that he was with Colin. The two poke fun at each other’s exploits, and Alexander says that he would’ve had...
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...As they stand to leave, Alexander tells Oliver that he found Richard’s body after leaving Colin’s room, and that he found it odd that there was no blood on the dock....
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Act 3, Scene 13
A week later, the invitations to the annual Christmas masque have arrived. Colin stops by the fourth-years’ table at breakfast to tell them that Romeo and Juliet parts...
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Act 3, Scene 18
...girls, begins. Oliver as Benvolio breaks it up, but then gets into a fight with Colin as Tybalt. Meredith as Escalus appears, fully dressed as a man, and orders them to...
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Act 4, Scene 2
...Regan, Meredith is Goneril, James is Edmund, Oliver is Edgar, Alexander is the Fool, and Colin is Cornwall. Oliver, Filippa, and Meredith are baffled, but Oliver is also excited at the...
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Act 4, Scene 8
...for Alexander to arrive so that they can rehearse. Someone finally shows up, but it’s Colin—and he, too, is wondering where Alexander is. Seeing that Alexander isn’t with the others, Colin...
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Act 5, Scene 1
...of the last few weeks. Alexander, after his release from the hospital suffered withdrawal with Colin and Filippa supporting him. Oliver has spent alternate nights in James’s and Meredith’s room. He’s...
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