Jud Fry

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

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Jud Fry canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
musical theatre character
villain
alignment antagonistic
appearsIn Oklahoma! (1955 film)
surface form: Oklahoma!

Oklahoma! (stage production)
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: United States
createdBy Oscar Hammerstein II
Richard Rodgers
diesIn Oklahoma! (stage production)
surface form: Oklahoma!
employer Aunt Eller
firstAppearance Oklahoma! (stage production)
surface form: 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
surface form: Aunt Eller's farm

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Oklahoma! (stage production) featuresCharacter Jud Fry
subject surface form: Oklahoma!
Curly McLain hasRival Jud Fry
Lonely Room characterSungBy Jud Fry
Lonely Room sungByCharacter Jud Fry
Lonely Room hasCharacter Jud Fry
Aunt Eller hasRelationship Jud Fry
Laurey Williams pursuedBy Jud Fry
Jeeter Fry basedOnBy Jud Fry
Jeeter Fry influenced Jud Fry