Short Plays · Character
Lord Augustus Highcastle
A blushing, bellowing aristocrat charged with wartime bureaucracy, Lord Augustus cannot tell a spy from a secretary and treats every inconvenience as a threat to the Empire.
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Also known as Blushing, Augustus, Lord Augustus Highcastle, Augustus Tush, Augustus Rising, The great Lord Augustus, Augustus Blushing, Dearest Gus, Augustus Beamish, Augustus Psha, Augustus Hm, Augustus Injured, Augustus Man, Augustus Rising, Augustus Explaining, Augustus Madam
First appearance: augustus does his bit
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Augustus presides over a government office where he issues contradictory orders, refuses his clerk a raise on patriotic grounds, and boasts into the telephone about the secret document listing anti-aircraft emplacements…
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Character groups
- Protagonist
- Great Catherine court
- Minor and referenced characters
- Preface literary references
- Admirable Bashville love triangle
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- General Mitchener
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General Mitchener and Lord Augustus Highcastle are military colleagues and allies, often… How this plays out →
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General Mitchener and Lord Augustus Highcastle are military colleagues and allies, often… How this plays out →
- General Mitchener
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General Mitchener and Lord Augustus Highcastle are military colleagues and allies, often… How this plays out →
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