Mortimer Brewster

Mortimer Brewster is a fictional character from the play "Arsenic and Old Lace" by Joseph Kesselring. He is a drama critic and the protagonist who becomes alarmed when he discovers that his charming aunts are secretly poisoning lonely elderly men with homemade wine, believing they are doing a good deed. Mortimer's character balances humor and tension as he grapples with his family’s bizarre secrets and tries to prevent further murders while dealing with his own romantic and moral dilemmas. Essentially, he is a well-meaning, conflicted man caught in a darkly comedic situation.