Sir Hugh Evans

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Sir Hugh Evans is a comically pedantic Welsh parson in Shakespeare’s *The Merry Wives of Windsor*, known for his distinctive accent and meddling in the play’s romantic intrigues.

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Sir Hugh Evans canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf clergyman ⓘ
comic character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
parson ⓘ
adaptedIn film adaptations of The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ
radio adaptations of The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ
stage productions of The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ
television adaptations of The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ
appearsIn The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ
associatedWith Anne Page ⓘ
Doctor Caius ⓘ
Justice Shallow ⓘ
Mistress Ford ⓘ
Mistress Page ⓘ
Sir John Falstaff ⓘ
Slender ⓘ
romantic intrigues in Windsor ⓘ
characterTrait good-natured ⓘ
meddlesome ⓘ
pedantic ⓘ
creator William Shakespeare ⓘ
ethnicity Welsh ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Shakespearean Windsor ⓘ
functionInWork representation of Welsh stereotype in Elizabethan drama ⓘ
satire of clerical pedantry ⓘ
genreOfCharacter comic clergyman ⓘ
hasTitle Sir ⓘ
helpsCharacter Fenton ⓘ
humorStyle character-based comedy ⓘ
verbal comedy ⓘ
involvedIn plot to help Fenton marry Anne Page ⓘ
language Early Modern English ⓘ
languageStyle heavily accented English ⓘ
literaryCanon Shakespearean canon ⓘ
literaryPeriod Elizabethan drama ⓘ
medium stage play ⓘ
nationality Welsh ⓘ
notableFeature strong Welsh accent ⓘ
notableFor mispronunciations and malapropisms ⓘ
notableScene duel episode with Doctor Caius ⓘ
occupation parson ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
roleInPlot comic relief ⓘ
matchmaker ⓘ
setting Windsor ⓘ
timePeriodOfFiction early modern England ⓘ
workGenre comedy ⓘ

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

The Merry Wives of Windsor → character → Sir Hugh Evans ⓘ
Doctor Caius → rivalOf → Sir Hugh Evans ⓘ
Groom of the Stool → positionHeldBy → Sir Hugh Evans ⓘ