# Bashville — Short Plays character guide

> Bashville in Short Plays by George Bernard Shaw.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Bashville Madam, Bashville, Madam, Bashville Cashel, Cashel, Bashville Destruction, Bashville Gods, Bashville Sir, The Admirable Bashville

**First appearance:** 0000-the-admirable-bashville

## Snapshot

Lydia's servant in The Admirable Bashville, who fells a rival at her door and hides a poet's tongue beneath a boxer's loyalty.

## Who they are

Bashville serves as Lydia's doorkeeper and champion, standing between her and unwelcome suitors with a fist as ready as his verse. He is secretly a poet, and his devotion to his mistress runs deeper than duty, though he never presumes to speak it. When Cashel Byron forces his way in, Bashville's willingness to fight above his weight reveals the play's central contest between love, class, and the code of the ring.

## Relationships

### [Lydia Carew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_plays_se/characters/lydia_carew)

_psychological_

Bashville, a servant, is obsessively in love with Lydia Carew, creating a one-sided devotion.

### [Lydia Carew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_plays_se/characters/lydia_carew)

_psychological_

Bashville, a servant, is obsessively in love with Lydia Carew, creating a one-sided devotion.

## In the story

### [Act II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_plays_se/chapters/act-ii)

Reads the newspaper account of the fight; physically confronts Cashel; shows loyalty to Lydia.

### [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_plays_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-i)

Footman who strikes Cashel on the nose out of jealousy; delivers a soliloquy lamenting his unrequited love for Lydia.

### [Act III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_plays_se/chapters/act-iii)

Announces Adelaide's approach; reveals his love for Lydia but renounces her; is dubbed 'Byron's Novice' by Cashel.

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