# Magnesia Adolphus — Short Plays character guide

> Magnesia Adolphus in Short Plays by George Bernard Shaw.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Magnesia Adolphus, Adolphus, Magnesia, Magnesia Fitztollemache, Lady Magnesia Fitztollemache, Lady Magnesia, Fitztollemache, the unhappy Magnesia Fitztollemache

**First appearance:** 0016-the-fascinating-foundling

## Snapshot

In The Fascinating Foundling, a young woman who redirects her devotion from one suitor to another with alarming speed and theatrical solemnity.

## Who they are

Magnesia Adolphus moves between two men, Adolphus and Fitz, in a household where romance and farce are indistinguishable. She declares her love transferable, dedicating to one the caresses and domestic drudgery she once gave the other, while the poisoned Adolphus writhes nearby. Her cheerful ruthlessness exposes how easily affection can be reassigned, making her the engine of the play's comic examination of love as property.

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