Emile de Becque

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fictional character musical theatre character

Emile de Becque is a central character in the musical "South Pacific," portrayed as a wealthy, middle-aged French plantation owner living on a South Pacific island.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Emile de Becque canonical 5
Ezio Pinza as Emile de Becque 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
musical theatre character ⓘ
ageGroup middle-aged ⓘ
appearsIn South Pacific ⓘ
associatedTheme interracial relationships ⓘ
war and love ⓘ
basedOnAuthor James Michener ⓘ
surface form: James A. Michener
basedOnWork Tales of the South Pacific ⓘ
characterTrait cultured ⓘ
principled ⓘ
romantic ⓘ
childrensMotherOrigin Polynesian ⓘ
conflictTheme cultural differences ⓘ
racial prejudice ⓘ
creator Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ
Richard Rodgers ⓘ
ethnicity French ⓘ
fandomDomain musical theatre ⓘ
filmAdaptation South Pacific (1958 film) ⓘ
firstAppearance South Pacific (stage production) ⓘ
surface form: South Pacific (1949 musical)
gender male ⓘ
hasChild Jerome ⓘ
Ngana ⓘ
involvedInPlotEvent undercover mission against Japanese forces ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
French ⓘ
maritalStatus widower ⓘ
militaryStatus civilian ⓘ
nationality French ⓘ
notableQuoteSong Some enchanted evening, you may see a stranger ⓘ
occupation plantation owner ⓘ
originalPortrayedBy Ezio Pinza NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrayedBy Ezio Pinza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rossano Brazzi ⓘ
residence South Pacific island ⓘ
roleType leading role ⓘ
romanticInterest Nellie Forbush ⓘ
romanticPartnerInWork Nellie Forbush ⓘ
settingPeriod World War II ⓘ
singsSong Some Enchanted Evening ⓘ
surface form: Reprise of Some Enchanted Evening

Some Enchanted Evening ⓘ
This Nearly Was Mine ⓘ
Twin Soliloquies ⓘ
wealthStatus wealthy ⓘ
workForm stage musical ⓘ
workGenre musical ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Some Enchanted Evening → characterWhoSings → Emile de Becque ⓘ
This Nearly Was Mine → performedByCharacter → Emile de Becque ⓘ
South Pacific (stage production) → mainCharacter → Emile de Becque ⓘ
South Pacific (stage production) → originalRolePlayed → Emile de Becque ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ezio Pinza as Emile de Becque
Rossano Brazzi → portrayedCharacter → Emile de Becque ⓘ
Nellie Forbush → loveInterest → Emile de Becque ⓘ