Lieutenant Joseph Cable

E333757

fictional character musical theatre character

Lieutenant Joseph Cable is a young U.S. Marine officer in the musical "South Pacific," whose forbidden romance and internal conflict highlight the show’s themes of love and prejudice.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Lieutenant Joseph Cable canonical	2
Lt. Cable	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ musical theatre character ⓘ
affiliation	United States Marine Corps ⓘ
appearsIn	South Pacific ⓘ
appearsInAdaptation	South Pacific (1958 film) ⓘ
associatedWithTheme	internal conflict ⓘ interracial romance ⓘ racial prejudice ⓘ war and love ⓘ
basedOn	Lieutenant Joe Cable ⓘ
basedOnAuthor	James Michener ⓘ surface form: James A. Michener
basedOnWork	Tales of the South Pacific ⓘ
conflict	duty as an officer versus personal desires ⓘ struggle between love and social prejudice ⓘ
createdBy	Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ Richard Rodgers ⓘ
death	dies during a military mission in the story ⓘ
firstAppearance	South Pacific (stage production) ⓘ surface form: South Pacific (1949 stage musical)
gender	male ⓘ
genre	musical theatre ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
medium	stage musical ⓘ
militaryRank	Lieutenant ⓘ
narrativeFunction	catalyst for anti-racist message in South Pacific ⓘ embodies the theme of learned prejudice ⓘ
narrativeRole	romantic lead with Liat ⓘ secondary male lead ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableTrait	idealistic ⓘ introspective ⓘ morally conflicted ⓘ
occupation	United States Marine Corps officer ⓘ
portrayedBy	John Kerr ⓘ various stage actors in Broadway and revivals ⓘ
relationshipToCharacter	ally of Nellie Forbush ⓘ friend of Emile de Becque ⓘ
romanticPartner	Liat ⓘ
setting	Pacific Islands ⓘ surface form: South Pacific islands World War II ⓘ
singsSong	Younger Than Springtime ⓘ You've Got to Be Carefully Taught ⓘ surface form: You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught
songContext	Younger Than Springtime ⓘ surface form: Younger Than Springtime expresses his love for Liat You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught condemns learned racism ⓘ
stageDebutYear	1949 ⓘ
workGenre	romantic musical ⓘ war musical ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Younger Than Springtime → performedByCharacter → Lieutenant Joseph Cable ⓘ

Younger Than Springtime → originalPerformerCharacter → Lieutenant Joseph Cable ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lt. Cable

South Pacific (stage production) → mainCharacter → Lieutenant Joseph Cable ⓘ