Jud Fry in Oklahoma! (original Broadway production)

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Jud Fry in the original Broadway production of Oklahoma! is the brooding, menacing farmhand whose dark obsession with Laurey drives much of the musical’s tension and conflict.

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instanceOf fictional character
musical theatre character
appearsIn Oklahoma! (stage production)
surface form: Oklahoma!

Oklahoma! (stage production)
surface form: Oklahoma! (original Broadway production)
associatedWithTheme isolation
jealousy
violence
basedOnWork Green Grow the Lilacs
characterTrait brooding
menacing
contributesTo conflict in the musical
tension in the musical
createdBy Oscar Hammerstein II
Richard Rodgers
emotionTowards desire for Laurey
resentment toward Curly McLain
firstAppearance Oklahoma! (stage production)
surface form: Oklahoma! (1943 Broadway production)
genre American musical theatre
hasObsessionWith Laurey Williams
surface form: Laurey
medium stage musical
narrativeFunction drives darker themes of the story
occupation farmhand
productionType original Broadway production of Oklahoma!
relationshipTo hired hand on Laurey’s farm
roleInPlot antagonist
romanticRivalOf Curly McLain
setting Oklahoma Territory
workLocation farm where Laurey lives

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Howard Da Silva portrayedCharacter Jud Fry in Oklahoma! (original Broadway production)