Daphne Stillington
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Daphne Stillington is a young, romantically infatuated debutante in Noël Coward’s comedy play "Present Laughter," whose impulsive admiration for the protagonist adds to the play’s farcical complications.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
debutante
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ theatrical character ⓘ |
| addsTo | farcical complications in Present Laughter ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Present Laughter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInAct |
Act I of Present Laughter
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Act II of Present Laughter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
celebrity worship
ⓘ
romantic infatuation ⓘ the follies of youth ⓘ |
| characterInPlayBy | Noël Coward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Noël Coward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
complicates Garry Essendine’s personal life
ⓘ
parodies youthful romantic idealism ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Present Laughter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceOfWork | 1942 ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | comedy ⓘ |
| hasTrait |
idealistic
ⓘ
impulsive ⓘ naive ⓘ romantically infatuated ⓘ young ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | source of comic misunderstanding ⓘ |
| roleInPlot | romantic admirer of Garry Essendine ⓘ |
| romanticallyAttractedTo | Garry Essendine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialStatus | upper-class ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction | late 1930s London theatre world ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Present Laughter