# Dolly Clandon — You Never Can Tell character guide

> Dolly Clandon in You Never Can Tell by George Bernard Shaw.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Dolly, Philip To Dolly, Dolly Cured, Doll, Dolly Unexpectedly, Dolly Vacantly, Dolly Eagerly, Dolly Delighted, Dolly Touching Crampton, Dolly Chalkstones, Dolly Who, Dolly Mum, Dolly Valentine, Dolly Ahah, Dolly The, Dearest Dolly, Dolly Madeira, Dolly Cloth, Dolly Echoing, Miss Dolly

**First appearance:** 0000-you-never-can-tell

## Snapshot

The younger Clandon daughter, quick-witted and mischievous, who delights in reporting her sister's romantic escapades to their mother with theatrical gravity.

## Who they are

Dolly is the livelier of Mrs. Clandon's daughters, given to ravenous tea-drinking, boat rides, and teasing her siblings with gleeful precision. She and her brother Phil function as a comic duo, narrating Gloria's kiss with mock-solemnity and then withdrawing arm in arm as if from a funeral, leaving Valentine to face Mrs. Clandon alone. Her irreverent energy cuts through the family's high-minded seriousness and makes her a delightful counterpoint to Gloria's intensity, even as she proves more observant than her chatter suggests.

## Relationships

### [Mrs. Clandon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_never_can_tell_se/characters/mrs_clandon)

_family_

A playful and indulgent mother-daughter relationship, with Dolly often charming her mother.

### [Gloria Clandon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_never_can_tell_se/characters/gloria_clandon)

_family_

Sisters with a close, affectionate bond, though Dolly often finds Gloria too serious.

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