The Roman Hat Mystery · Character
Frances Ives-Pope
A millionaire's daughter whose purse turned up in a dead man's pocket, caught between her aristocratic family and the actors she loves.
supporting
Also known as Miss Ives-Pope, Frances, Ives-Pope
First appearance: part one i in which are introduced a theatre audience and a corpse
As a supporting figure in The Roman Hat Mystery, Frances Ives-Pope is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The young woman whose evening bag was found in Monte Field's pocket; prepares to tell her story to the Inspector.
Frances is the heiress whose name drags the Ives-Popes into the Roman Theatre scandal, and whose romance with the actor Stephen Barry scandalizes her mother's icy drawing room. She faints under questioning, leaving her brother and fiancé to plead her innocence while her own purse sits as the case's most damning object. Her predicament forces the Queens to work inside a world of old money and new greasepaint, where every alibi is tangled in class.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Primary suspects and investigators
- Secondary characters and associates
- Theatre staff and minor witnesses
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
In this chapter, the emotional peak occurs when Inspector Queen and Ellery are summoned to meet Franklin Ives-…
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- Lexicon of Persons Connected with the Investigation
- Explanation for the Map of the Roman Theatre
- In Which the Queens Invade Society
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See Frances Ives-Pope in part one i in which are introduced a theatre audience and a corpse