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Bunty Mainwaring

Bunty Mainwaring delivers her opinions with a smile sharp enough to draw blood, and never lets a serious moment stand unchallenged.

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Also known as Bunty, Bunty Tom Veryan?, Bunty Rather, Bunty Smiling, Bunty Calculating pig, Bunty Laughing, Bunty Lightly, Bunty Thanks, Bunty Mainwaring, Bunty Dragging Bruce, Bunty Mainwaring?

First appearance: the vortex

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Bunty is a fixture of Florence's set, teasing Bruce Fairlight out of his serious-dramatist pose and pronouncing on pianists, technique, and inspiration with cheerful certainty. She moves through the room pairing off…

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CHClara HibbertTVTom VeryanNLNicky LancasterPAPawnieHSHelen SavilleBMBunty Mainwaring

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  • Offstage and minor figures
  • Social circle observers
  • Protagonist

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Florence’s hysterical collapse and declaration that she wishes she were dead mark the emotional and psychologi…

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