Lord Dundreary

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Lord Dundreary is a comically foolish, lisping English nobleman from the 19th-century stage whose exaggerated mannerisms made him a popular caricature of the bumbling aristocrat.

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Lord Dundreary canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comic character
fictional character
stage character
theatrical stock character
appearsInGenre Victorian theatre
associatedWith Dundreary whiskers
basedOn English upper-class stereotypes
characterTrait absent-minded
bumbling
foolish
good-natured
characterType farce character
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
createdBy Tom Taylor
creator Tom Taylor
culturalRole caricature of the bumbling aristocrat
era Victorian era
fictionalUniverse Our American Cousin
firstAppearanceDate 1858
firstAppearanceInWork Our American Cousin
genre comedy
hasCulturalImpact added the term "Dundreary whiskers" to English vocabulary
hasFictionalTitle Lord Dundreary self-link
humorStyle physical comedy
verbal comedy
influenced later comic portrayals of foolish aristocrats
inspiredHairstyle Dundreary whiskers
isParodiedAs bumbling peer
languageOfWork English
madeFamousBy Edward Askew Sothern
mannerOfSpeaking lisping
malapropistic
rambling
medium stage
nationality English
notableFor comic lisp
exaggerated mannerisms
nonsensical sayings
occupation nobleman
portrayedBy Edward Askew Sothern
roleInWork comic relief
socialStatus aristocrat
symbolizes ineffectual aristocracy
timePeriodOfPopularity 19th century
title Lord
workLocation England

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play "Our American Cousin" character Lord Dundreary
subject surface form: Our American Cousin
Lord Dundreary hasFictionalTitle Lord Dundreary self-link
Our American Cousin notableCharacter Lord Dundreary