# Baron Regnard — He Who Gets Slapped character guide

> Baron Regnard in He Who Gets Slapped by Leonid Andreyev.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Baron, the Baron, The Baron, Thomas Baron, Thomas The Baron, Baron Consuelo, Baron No, The Usher Baron Regnard

**First appearance:** 0003-act-i

## Snapshot

A stout, spider-eyed nobleman who haunts the circus's back rooms, tormented by an unbearable love for Consuelo that his rank will not let him marry.

## Who they are

Baron Regnard stands in evening dress with a rose in his buttonhole, gazing at Consuelo and calling her father a charlatan and a beggar even as he begs to kiss her hand. He cannot marry her, he insists, yet he cannot stop loving her, and his jealousy fixes on the new clown He and on the handsome Bezano. His frustrated desire and contempt for the circus folk make him a volatile presence in the early backstage scenes, where money, rank, and appetite collide.

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