Short Plays · Character
Captain Edstaston
A stiff, well-meaning English officer abroad in Catherine the Great's court, Edstaston is strapped, tickled, and thoroughly undone by Russian hospitality and an Empress's whim.
major
Also known as Edstaston, Edstaston Bows, Edstaston Shortly, Edstaston Ironically, Naryshkin, Naryshkin Captain Edstaston, Edstaston Pardon, Edstaston Delicately, Edstaston Resisting, Edstaston Struggling, Edstaston Dignity, Edstaston Precisely, Edstaston Following
First appearance: great catherine
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Edstaston arrives at the Winter Palace as a model of English propriety, engaged to the jealous Claire and determined to behave like a gentleman in a country that has no interest in gentlemen. Catherine takes one look at…
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Relationship types
- Romantic
- Rivalry
- Other
Character groups
- Great Catherine court
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Story tension across the book.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Great Catherine
romantic · ambivalent
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- Claire
romantic · positive
- Patiomkin
rivalry · negative
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