Fanny’s First Play · Character

Bobby Juggins

A well-meaning young man from Denmark Hill who wants to jilt his fiancée delicately and can't see why that's the problem.

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Also known as Bobby, Juggins, Bob, Bobby Rising, Bobby Hastily

First appearance: fanny s first play

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Bobby is entangled with Margaret Knox and trying, with the help of his family's imperturbable butler, to extricate himself without looking like a cad. He worries about her feelings, about his own unworthiness, and about what will 'go down in Denmark Hill,' while Juggins calmly points out that there is no correct way to jilt someone. His muddled decency and his class anxieties make him the play's most hapless romantic, and the reason its social comedy keeps circling back to sincerity.

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Breaking point

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