Great Catherine

major

Also known as Great Catherine, Catherine, the Catherine, Empress Catherine II, Catherine Donnerwetter, Catherine Urbanely, Catherine Men, Catherine Pushing Edstaston, Catherine Patiomkin, Catherine To Patiomkin

First appearance: great catherine

As a major figure in Short Plays, Great Catherine is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Catherine rules the Winter Palace with the caprice of a woman who has plenty of character and, as Shaw cheerfully puts it, no morals, keeping court as a species of harlequinade in which she is both monarch and clown.