It's of note that while J. P. Morgan's middle name was spelled Pierpont, as you spelled it, that is not how the name of the character in the show is spelled in the show's script. In the script it is spelled Pierrepont. Playbills for the original production (and the tours and in London) listed him only as Finch.
But when it comes to puns, the finch is a small bird, and Robert Morse was short and fairly slight, as were several, although not all, of the actors who played Finch in the various companies of the original. |
