# Young Strapper — Short Plays character guide

> Young Strapper in Short Plays by George Bernard Shaw.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** young Strapper, Strapper, Strapper Kemp, Strapper Yes, Strapper On Pug Jackson, Strapper Young Jack, Jack

**First appearance:** 0000-the-admirable-bashville

## Snapshot

A young boxer training under Cashel Byron in The Admirable Bashville, part of the prizefighting world Shaw stages as blank-verse comedy.

## Who they are

Strapper Kemp is a young fighter in Cashel Byron's orbit, learning the trade in a play that sets the ring against the drawing room and finds the ring considerably more honest. He is the apprentice figure — loyal, game, and a little overshadowed by his celebrated master — and his presence keeps the boxing world concrete rather than merely symbolic. He matters to the early arc because he shows what Cashel's profession actually is: a craft with its own discipline, taught to young men who have few other prospects.

## Relationships

### [Blanco Posnet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_plays_se/characters/blanco_posnet)

_rivalry_

Blanco Posnet and Young Strapper are antagonists, with Strapper representing law and order against Blanco's rebellious nature.

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