# General Strammfest — Short Plays character guide

> General Strammfest in Short Plays by George Bernard Shaw.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** General Strammfest, Strammfest, Strammfest Shocked, Strammfest Annajanska, Strammfest Yielding

**First appearance:** 0053-annajanska

## Snapshot

General Strammfest, a stiff-backed military man whose loyalty to the old order is tested when a young woman's revolutionary fervor upends his certainties.

## Who they are

In Annajanska, the Grand Duchess, Strammfest is the officer charged with managing a volatile political situation and a young woman who refuses to play the part expected of her. He is a man of duty and protocol whose confidence in rank and discipline begins to crack when confronted with a will as strong as his own, and his discomfort is both comic and revealing. His struggle between obedience and reluctant admiration for the insurgent spirit sets up the play's debate about authority, freedom, and who really holds power.

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