Jud Fry

E17162

fictional character musical theatre character villain

Jud Fry is the brooding, antagonistic farmhand and primary villain in the classic American musical "Oklahoma!".

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character → musical theatre character → villain →
alignment	antagonistic →
appearsIn	Oklahoma! → Oklahoma! (musical) →
basedOn	Jeeter Fry →
basedOnAuthor	Lynn Riggs →
basedOnWork	Green Grow the Lilacs →
causeOfDeath	falls on his own knife →
characterType	tragic villain →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
createdBy	Oscar Hammerstein II → Richard Rodgers →
diesIn	Oklahoma! →
employer	Aunt Eller →
firstAppearance	Oklahoma! (1943 stage musical) →
genreOfWork	musical theatre →
hasAdaptation	Oklahoma! (1955 film) →
hasRival	Curly McLain →
hasUnrequitedLoveFor	Laurey Williams →
inLoveWith	Laurey Williams →
medium	stage →
narrativeFunction	creates tension between Curly and Laurey →
notableProp	knife → pornographic pictures →
notableScene	smokehouse scene with Curly →
notableSong	Lonely Room →
occupation	farmhand →
personalityTrait	brooding → menacing → resentful → socially isolated →
portrayedBy	Rod Steiger →
portrayedIn	Oklahoma! (1955 film) →
relationshipToAuntEller	hired hand →
relationshipToLaureyWilliams	farmhand living on same property →
roleInWork	antagonist → primary villain →
setIn	Oklahoma Territory →
themeAssociation	class and social exclusion → loneliness → repressed desire →
threatens	Curly McLain → Laurey Williams →
timePeriod	early 1900s →
worksAt	Aunt Eller's farm →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Oklahoma! → Oklahoma! (1955 film) →	featuresCharacter
Green Grow the Lilacs → Lonely Room →	hasCharacter
Jeeter Fry →	basedOnBy
Pore Jud Is Daid →	characterAddressed
Lonely Room →	characterSungBy
Aunt Eller →	hasRelationship
Curly McLain →	hasRival
Jeeter Fry →	influenced
Laurey Williams →	pursuedBy
Lonely Room →	sungByCharacter