Lord Dundreary

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Lord Dundreary is a comically foolish, lisping English nobleman from the 19th-century stage whose exaggerated mannerisms made him a popular caricature of the bumbling aristocrat.

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Label Occurrences
Lord Dundreary canonical 11

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf comic character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
stage character ⓘ
theatrical stock character ⓘ
appearsInGenre Victorian theatre ⓘ
associatedWith Dundreary whiskers ⓘ
basedOn English upper-class stereotypes ⓘ
characterTrait absent-minded ⓘ
bumbling ⓘ
foolish ⓘ
good-natured ⓘ
characterType farce character ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy Tom Taylor ⓘ
creator Tom Taylor ⓘ
culturalRole caricature of the bumbling aristocrat ⓘ
era Victorian era ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Our American Cousin ⓘ
firstAppearanceDate 1858 ⓘ
firstAppearanceInWork Our American Cousin ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact added the term "Dundreary whiskers" to English vocabulary ⓘ
hasFictionalTitle Lord Dundreary ⓘ
humorStyle physical comedy ⓘ
verbal comedy ⓘ
influenced later comic portrayals of foolish aristocrats ⓘ
inspiredHairstyle Dundreary whiskers ⓘ
isParodiedAs bumbling peer ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
madeFamousBy Edward Askew Sothern ⓘ
mannerOfSpeaking lisping ⓘ
malapropistic ⓘ
rambling ⓘ
medium stage ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableFor comic lisp ⓘ
exaggerated mannerisms ⓘ
nonsensical sayings ⓘ
occupation nobleman ⓘ
portrayedBy Edward Askew Sothern ⓘ
roleInWork comic relief ⓘ
socialStatus aristocrat ⓘ
symbolizes ineffectual aristocracy ⓘ
timePeriodOfPopularity 19th century ⓘ
title Lord ⓘ
workLocation England ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

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

Our American Cousin → character → Lord Dundreary ⓘ
subject linked to: play "Our American Cousin"
Lord Dundreary → hasFictionalTitle → Lord Dundreary ⓘ
Our American Cousin → notableCharacter → Lord Dundreary ⓘ
Edward Askew Sothern → notableWork → Lord Dundreary ⓘ
Dundreary whiskers → namedAfter → Lord Dundreary ⓘ
Dundreary whiskers → namedAfter → Lord Dundreary ⓘ
Our American Cousin → notableCharacter → Lord Dundreary ⓘ
Edward Askew Sothern → notableRole → Lord Dundreary ⓘ
Act I (Our American Cousin) → featuresCharacter → Lord Dundreary ⓘ
subject linked to: Act I
Act II (Our American Cousin) → featuresCharacter → Lord Dundreary ⓘ
subject linked to: Act II
Act III (Our American Cousin) → hasCharacter → Lord Dundreary ⓘ
subject linked to: Act III