Queen Aggravain
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Queen Aggravain is the domineering, overprotective queen and primary comic antagonist in the musical "Once Upon a Mattress," known for sabotaging her son's attempts to marry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Queen Aggravain canonical | 6 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
stage musical character ⓘ |
| alignment | antagonistic ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | fairy-tale parody ⓘ |
| basedOn | the queen from the fairy tale The Princess and the Pea ⓘ |
| characterType | comic villain ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Princess Winnifred the Woebegone
ⓘ
surface form:
Princess Winnifred
|
| createdForWork | Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ |
| fictionalOccupation | queen ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | stage premiere of Once Upon a Mattress in 1959 ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | musical comedy ⓘ |
| medium | musical theatre ⓘ |
| motivation |
desire to control her son's life
ⓘ
unwillingness to relinquish power ⓘ |
| narrativeArc | tries to prevent any princess from passing her tests ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | antagonist to her son's marriage plans ⓘ |
| notableAction | sabotages her son's attempts to marry ⓘ |
| notableTraitOnStage | larger-than-life personality ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
domineering
ⓘ
overprotective ⓘ |
| plotDevice | creates impossible tests for potential brides ⓘ |
| relationshipToPrinceDauntless | mother ⓘ |
| relationshipToPrincessWinnifred | prospective mother-in-law ⓘ |
| relative | Prince Dauntless ⓘ |
| roleInWork | primary comic antagonist in Once Upon a Mattress ⓘ |
| setting | a fairy-tale kingdom ⓘ |
| storySource | adaptation of The Princess and the Pea ⓘ |
| toneContribution | comic ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.