Abby Brewster

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Abby Brewster is one of the eccentric, sweetly murderous elderly aunts in Joseph Kesselring’s dark comedy play "Arsenic and Old Lace."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
theatrical character
age elderly
appearsIn Arsenic and Old Lace NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme family
insanity
morbid humor
murder
auntOf Jonathan Brewster NERFINISHED
Mortimer Brewster NERFINISHED
believesSheIs performing acts of charity
caresFor elderly bachelors
coConspirator Martha Brewster NERFINISHED
createdBy Joseph Kesselring NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse Arsenic and Old Lace universe NERFINISHED
firstAppearance Arsenic and Old Lace (play, 1939) NERFINISHED
gender female
genreOfWork black comedy
dark comedy
hasAdaptationAppearance Arsenic and Old Lace (1944 film) NERFINISHED
hasRelative Jonathan Brewster NERFINISHED
Martha Brewster NERFINISHED
Mortimer Brewster NERFINISHED
hidesBodiesIn house cellar
livesNextTo cemetery
moralViewOfMurders sees them as mercy killings
nationality American
notableAction poisons lonely old men with elderberry wine
occupation homemaker
personalityTrait cheerful
eccentric
kind
motherly
portrayedInFilmBy Josephine Hull NERFINISHED
portrayedOnBroadwayBy Josephine Hull NERFINISHED
relationshipToMortimer paternal aunt GENERATED
residesIn Brewster family house NERFINISHED
Brooklyn NERFINISHED
siblingOf Martha Brewster NERFINISHED
stageMedium play
usesMethod poisoned elderberry wine

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Arsenic and Old Lace (play) character Abby Brewster
Josephine Hull portrayedCharacter Abby Brewster
Mortimer Brewster relative Abby Brewster