# Anastasia Vulliamy — Short Plays character guide

> Anastasia Vulliamy in Short Plays by George Bernard Shaw.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Anastasia To Mercer, Mercer, Anastasia, Anastasia Vulliamy, Miss Anastasia Vulliamy

**First appearance:** 0016-the-fascinating-foundling

## Snapshot

A young woman swept into a comedic adoption scheme in The Fascinating Foundling, whose outraged dignity collides with the schemes of those around her.

## Who they are

Anastasia moves through The Fascinating Foundling as the object of a benevolent plot that treats her less as a person than as a problem to be solved by arrangement. Her turning on her assailant in 'outraged majesty' — the Dark Lady falling to her knees in terror — shows a young woman who will not be handled quietly, and whose fury is funnier because it is entirely justified. She anchors the play's early comedy by giving its schemers something with a will of its own to work upon.

## Relationships

### [Mercer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_plays_se/characters/mercer)

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Anastasia Vulliamy and Mercer are employer and servant, with Mercer acting as her loyal butler.

### [Mercer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_plays_se/characters/mercer)

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Anastasia Vulliamy and Mercer are employer and servant, with Mercer acting as her loyal butler.

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