Lord Fancourt Babberley
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Lord Fancourt Babberley is a comic character best known as the reluctant cross-dressing friend whose impersonation of an aunt drives the farcical plot in the stage play and film adaptations of "Charley's Aunt," including "Where's Charley?"
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lord Fancourt Babberley canonical | 2 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Charley's Aunt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Where's Charley? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | West End comedy ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Charley Wykeham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jack Chesney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWork | Charley's Aunt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterType |
comic foil
ⓘ
farce protagonist ⓘ |
| comicDevice |
disguise
ⓘ
gender confusion ⓘ mistaken identity ⓘ |
| createdBy | Brandon Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
catalyst for romantic resolutions
ⓘ
source of comic chaos ⓘ |
| drives | central farcical misunderstandings in Charley's Aunt ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | stage play Charley's Aunt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | farce ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | undergraduate student ⓘ |
| inUniverseRelationship |
friend of Charley Wykeham
ⓘ
friend of Jack Chesney ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
ⓘ
stage ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableAdaptation | Where's Charley? (1950 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comic cross-dressing
ⓘ
driving the plot of Charley's Aunt ⓘ |
| portrayedIn |
film adaptations of Charley's Aunt
ⓘ
film musical Where's Charley? NERFINISHED ⓘ stage productions of Charley's Aunt ⓘ |
| roleInPlot |
impersonates Charley Wykeham's aunt
ⓘ
reluctant cross-dresser ⓘ |
| setting | Oxford, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| title | Lord ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.