Список персонажей Блэкэддера

Главные герои Blackadder Goes Forth : Дарлинг (слева), Мелчетт (в центре), Джордж Колтерст (справа), Болдрик (внизу справа), Блэкэддер (внизу слева)

В этой статье перечислены персонажи четырех сериалов и трех специальных эпизодов британского ситкома « Блэкэддер» . Блэкэддер был известен тем, что в нем участвовали актеры, играющие множество повторяющихся персонажей в разные эпохи истории, с Роуэном Аткинсоном в качестве центрального персонажа Эдмундом Блэкэддером и Тони Робинсоном в качестве его закадычного друга Бальдрика вместе с множеством других актеров в разовых ролях.

Главные герои [ править ]

Эдмунд Блэкэддер [ править ]

• Принц Эдмунд(Черная гадюка) (1): наименее умный (в то время как самый высокопоставленный) из клана Блэкэддер, изображенный в сериале. Он очень труслив и часто ничего не думает. Он презирает, но боится свою семью и не любит лорда Перси. Его лучший друг - Болдрик. Став принцем, он сначала хочет, чтобы его называли «Черным овощем», прежде чем Болдрик убеждает его, что это плохая идея. Он случайно убивает короля Ричарда, и его неоднократно посещает его призрак. Он становится герцогом Эдинбургским и лордом хранителем. Это спорный вопрос относительно того, был ли он кровным сыном нового короля или результатом романа его матери. В какой-то момент он становится архиепископом Кентерберийским, но в конце концов его увольняют. У него брак по расчету с 9-летней принцессой Венгрии Лейей, что ему не нравится.Возможно, в нем есть немного колдовской крови, поскольку его мать научилась вуду. В конце концов, он был свергнут с престола как герцог Эдинбургский и собирает шесть других самых злых людей во всей Англии, чтобы сформировать Черную печать. Они планируют убить остальных членов королевской семьи и претендовать на трон, но вместо этого предали Эдмунда. Он ранен после того, как его привязали к креслу для пыток, в результате чего ему были нанесены увечья уши, руки и интимные части. Вся его семья и Черная печать по ошибке выпивают яд и умирают, что делает Эдмунда королем, но через тридцать секунд он также выпивает яд и умирает.Он ранен после того, как его привязали к креслу для пыток, в результате чего ему были нанесены увечья уши, руки и интимные части. Вся его семья и Черная печать по ошибке выпивают яд и умирают, что делает Эдмунда королем, но через тридцать секунд он также выпивает яд и умирает.Он ранен после того, как его привязали к креслу для пыток, в результате чего ему были нанесены увечья уши, руки и интимные части. Вся его семья и Черная печать по ошибке выпивают яд и умирают, что делает Эдмунда королем, но через тридцать секунд он также выпивает яд и умирает.
• Лорд Блэкэддер(2): Правнук принца Эдмунда, лорд Блэкэддер находится на службе у королевы Елизаветы I. Он является одним из фаворитов королевы, но слишком хорошо осознает ограниченность своего положения (в нескольких случаях она угрожает отрубил ему голову и с радостью объединился с Мелчеттом, чтобы подшутить над ним). Он презирает лорда Перси даже больше, чем его предшественник, и считает Болдрика глупым животным. Он и Мелчетт не любят, но терпят друг друга. Лорд Блэкэддер проводит большую часть своего времени, уклоняясь от смерти в самых разных формах и из множества источников. Например, во время своего пребывания в должности верховного палача он казнил не того человека в неподходящее время, тем самым получив смертный приговор от королевы. В другом случае он не смог выплатить ссуду в 1000 фунтов, которую взял у Черных монахов.Епископ Бат-энд-Уэллс угрожал его пронзить. Он провел два года, плавая по морям с капитаном Ромом, ища маршрут вокруг мыса Доброй Надежды, но чуть не умер, когда обнаружил, что у капитана нет команды и нет возможности управлять кораблем. В конце концов он убит (вместе со всеми в суде) принцем Людвигом Несокрушимым.
• Г-н Э. Блэкэддер , Esquire(3), Дворецкий принца-регента. Он коварный, дерзкий и, вероятно, самый умный из всех Блэкэддеров. Ему сложно уберечь принца-регента (позднее Георга IV) от неприятностей. Джорджа легко обмануть и обмануть; Блэкэддер получает неплохую прибыль, продавая вещи Джорджа, такие как носки, когда он не смотрит. Он относится к Бальдрику с большим презрением, но физически не оскорбляет его почти так же сильно, как его предшественники. Всегда ища способ улучшить свое положение, мистер Блэкэддер, наконец, получает свой шанс, когда Джорджа бросает вызов на дуэль знаменитым фехтовальщиком, герцогом Веллингтоном. Он меняет одежду с принцем-регентом и терпит поражение от Веллингтона, но выживает благодаря удобно расположенной пачке сигарет. Затем Веллингтон убивает «дворецкого» (переодетого Джорджа),оставив Блэкэддера, чтобы продолжить как принц-регент. Пожалуй, следует отметить, что это единственное воплощение Блэкэддера, которого мы фактически не видим убитым в конце серии. Можно предположить, что он стал королем, но доказательств этому нет.
• Капитан Блэкэддер(4) разочарованный и сварливый солдат. Он вступил в армию в конце 19 века и заработал свои нашивки в битве при ущелье Мбото в 1892 году, где он сатирически утверждает, что сражался с пигмеями, вооруженными острыми плодами киви и манго. Поэтому он считает перспективу сражения с вооруженными солдатами, которые на самом деле могут убить его, неприятной и глупой. Когда началась Первая мировая война, его отправили в окопы с рядовым Болдриком и лейтенантом Джорджем, которых он считает идиотами, но, похоже, испытывает к ним искреннюю привязанность. Его службу также беспокоят генерал Мелчетт, маньяк, по-видимому, не имеющий здравого смысла или заботы о подчиненных ему людей, и капитан Кевин Дарлинг, вспыльчивый, служебный офицер, который потворствует Мелчетту в надежде остаться далеко. подальше от линии фронта.Блэкэддер обычно не упускает возможности высмеять имя Дарлинга и поставить его на место Мелчетту. Капитан Блэкэддер - хладнокровный реалист и знает, что если его и его людей пошлют «сверху», большинство или все они умрут, и поэтому он тратит большую часть своего времени на разработку планов, чтобы избежать такой возможности. В конце концов, он, Болдрик, Джордж и Дарлинг, по сути, оказываются перебарщенными. Намеренно оставлено неясным, кто из четырех выживает (если таковой имеется).отправлено сверху. Намеренно оставлено неясным, кто из четырех выживает (если таковой имеется).отправлено сверху. Намеренно оставлено неясным, кто из четырех выживает (если таковой имеется).
• Эбенезер Блэкэддер ( Блэкэддер, Рождественский гимн) владеет магазином по продаже усов, которому помогает Болдрик, которым он зарабатывает на скромную жизнь каждый год. Он самый приятный человек во всей Англии, раздает все свои деньги и имущество любому, кто утверждает, что в нем нуждается. Конечно, все его друзья и соседи видят в нем легкое прикосновение и стыдливо пользуются им. На этот раз Болдрик кажется более умным из двоих, поскольку он пытается убедить Блэкэддера не отдавать так свободно. Однажды в канун Рождества, когда Блэкэддер раздарил прибыль за год, рождественскую елку, скромные рождественские подарки и даже свою крошечную индейку жадным посетителям, его посещает дружелюбный дух. Дух показывает Блэкэддеру, как вели себя его предшественники, и что его потомки пострадают, если он продолжит быть таким самоотверженным, и как они станут править галактикой, если он изменит свое поведение. Не дурак,Эбенезер немедленно решает начать новый образ жизни. Когда королева Виктория и принц Альберт приходят, чтобы дать ему деньги и титулы из-за его доброты, он оскорбляет их, не понимая, что они настоящие королева и супруга, и при этом теряет удачу и богатство.
• Лорд Блэкэддер V ( Назад и Вперед ): современный обманщик и заклинатель. Накануне нового тысячелетия он приглашает своих друзей на обед, намереваясь заработать на них деньги с помощью тщательно продуманной розыгрыша. Используя, как он утверждает, планы из одной из записных книжек Леонардо да Винчи , он заставляет Болдрика построить машину времени; Затем он ставит своих друзей на то, что сможет вернуться в прошлое и получить любой объект, который они пожелают. К его удивлению, машина времени, задуманная как опора, действительно работает, и в итоге он меняет историю. Позже выясняется, что Блэкэддер, изменив историю в последний раз, стал королем Англии Эдмундом III, а Болдрик - его марионеточным премьер-министром.

Болдрик [ править ]

Болдрик - это имя нескольких персонажей сериала. Каждый из них служит слугой и закадычным другом Блэкэддера и действует как фольга для главного персонажа. Болдрик - единственный персонаж, помимо самого Блэкэддера, который появляется во всех частях серии, и, возможно, его можно рассматривать как лучшего друга Блэкэддера, несмотря на очевидное презрение Блэкэддера к нему.

Мелчетт [ править ]

Мелчетт ( Стивен Фрай ) - это родословная. Основных Мелчеттов было два: лорд Мелчетт и генерал Мелчетт .

• Блэкэддер II - Первый Мелчетт появился во втором сериале Блэкэддера . Он камергер для королевы Елизаветы I . Серьезный лорд Мелчетт, ласково известный королеве как «Мелчи», стал ее ближайшим личным советником и всегда рядом с ней. Он ревностно охраняет свое положение и всегда делает все возможное, чтобы доставить удовольствие Королеве. Мелчетт посещает Ежегодную дегустацию вин при причастии, а также может проводить церемонии бракосочетания - два факта, которые предполагают, что он сделал карьеру в церкви наряду с его обязанностями перед королевой.
• Блэкэддер идет вперед - Династия Мелчеттов довольно сильно изменилась в « Блэкэддер идет вперед» ; Генерал сэр Энтони Сесил Хогманей Мелчетт, генерал сэр Энтони Сесил Хогманей Мелчетт, не хныкающий, склизкий, сдержанный, умный и подобострастный подхалим, чем был лорд Мелчетт, VC KCB ^[1] - громкий, детский, неразумный, некомпетентный, напыщенный поджигатель войны, который появляется в четвертой серии. Характер General Melchett появляется в Blackadder Goes Forth отражает популярную карикатуру из Первой мировой войны генералов в том , что его предпочтительных боевых тактик и общие отношения к войне застряли прочно в ушедшей эпохе. Мелчетт не понимает или не понимает основных концепций современногопозиционная война и совершенно не в состоянии придумать новую стратегию, которая бы подошла к нему. Вместо этого он постоянно посылает своих людей на бессмысленную смерть, по-видимому, вообще без тактики.

Мелчетт поделился торговой маркой «Баааа!». с более ранним изображением Веллингтона Фраем , которое будет появляться через случайные промежутки времени без видимой причины. В BBC Four интервью , переданном 17 августа 2007 года, Фрай переходит в некоторую глубину на «нечетной истории» Melchett в «Baaah!», Объясняя , что это началось еще в его работе в студенческих постановках Шекспира в Квинс - колледж, Кембридж , где он издавал странные звуки, чтобы развлечь публику. Он также отмечает, что Мелчетта "Баааа!" можно найти (хотя и в более тонкой форме) в других его актерских работах, таких как «Друзья Питера» . ^[2]

В апреле 2020 года Фрай повторил свою роль (потомка) лорда Мелчетта в The Big Night In , телемарафоне, проводившемся во время пандемии COVID-19 , в пародии, в которой он провел видеозвонок с принцем Уильямом, герцогом Кембриджским , который сделал неожиданное появление. ^{[3] [4]}

Лорд Перси Перси [ править ]

Лорд Перси Перси ( Тим МакИннерни ) - это имя, данное паре связанных персонажей. Лорд Перси из Блэкэддера II - потомок того, кого мы видели в Черной гадюке . Персонаж получил свое имя от фактической семьи Перси . В отличие от первых двух Блэкэддеров и Болдрикса , два лорда Перси почти идентичны; оба изображаются тупыми, легковерными и пижонскими. В первой серии Перси - герцог Нортумберленд., а во втором он наследник титула. Титул герцога Нортумберлендского фактически не принадлежал реальному человеку по фамилии Перси до 1766 года, когда Хью Перси, урожденный Хью Смитсон, был удостоен этого титула, хотя титул графа Нортумберленда был предоставлен Перси в 1377 году.

• Черная гадюка - Перси представлен в первой серии как Перси, герцог Нортумберлендский . В первой серии Перси сопровождает принца Эдмунда и Болдрика во всех их путешествиях. В какой-то момент Перси становится епископом Рамсгейта, когда Эдмунд становится архиепископом Кентерберийским ; он также считает, что у него есть кость пальца, принадлежащая Иисусу Христу . Однако Болдрик сообщает ему, что это подделка, показывая свою собственную коллекцию из 10 других «пальцев Иисуса» . В серии " Черная печать"", Перси случайно засыпает ядом весь запас вина в замке, пытаясь спасти принца Эдмунда от группы маньяков. Спасая Эдмунда, Перси неизбежно убивает его и весь королевский двор, когда они пьют испорченное вино. Перси и Болдрик вбегают и безуспешно кричите: «Не пейте вино!» сразу после этого.
• Блэкэддер II - В этой серии лорд Перси Перси снова изображается как тупой «дурачок из высшего общества». Однако во втором сериале Перси играет гораздо большую роль; это иллюстрируется его почти полным участием во всех занятиях Блэкэддера (независимо от того, действительно ли Блэкэддер приветствует его вклад). Перси (среди прочего) временно шафером на свадьбе BlackAdder в, помощник обер палачу и Shipmate на злополучном рейсе BlackAdder к Франции (несмотря на выраженное Гидрофобия , вытекающих из детства случайкогда он был «растерзание палтус ») . В какой-то момент, пытаясь овладеть алхимиейднем Перси создает зеленое вещество, которое Эдмунд саркастически называет «зеленым», и пытается превратить его во что-то ценное. Показано, что у него ужасный послужной список с женщинами; в то время как случайная девушка упоминается, его чаще можно увидеть, используя довольно неубедительные разговоры с разными женщинами, и, в какой-то момент, с Болдриком, который носил парик и платье, выступая в роли подружки невесты. Перси быстро влюбляется в него, не узнавая Болдрика и даже целуя его.

Дорогая [ править ]

Представленный в четвертой версии Blackadder Goes Forth , капитан Кевин Дарлинг ( Тим Макиннерни ) является интеллектуальным соперником и интеллектуальным соперником капитана Эдмунда Блэкэддера ( Роуэн Аткинсон ); в то время как Блэкэддер неохотно служит в окопах Первой мировой войны , Дарлинг благополучно размещен на некотором расстоянии от линии фронта . Дарлинг является льстивым адъютантом к Stephen Fry «s General Мелчетт. Первоначально персонаж задумывался как «Капитан Картрайт»; писатели Бен Элтон и Ричард Кертиспросто не могли придумать для него более забавного имени. Однако в конце концов Стивен Фрай предположил, что «Дорогая» была бы более комичной альтернативой; в сериале используется повторяющаяся шутка, где его имя используется или упоминается для комедийного эффекта. ^[5]

Награды и награды [ править ]

В сериале капитан Дарлинг носит следующие ленты:

Хотя Дарлинг является главным героем только одной серии оригинального сериала Блэкэддер , несколько из его предков и потомков также изображаются Макиннерни, в соответствии с продолжающимся мотивом серии идентичных потомков. Blackadder полнометражный специальный Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999) представил потомок символов архидиакон Дарлинг, на более выгодных условиях с современной Blackadder. Путешествие во время рассказ о специальном также позволил авторам представить более исторические любимец хронологии серии: герцог Дарлинг, помощник герцога Веллингтона (Fry), и герцог де Дарлинг, помощник Наполеона I ( Саймон Рассел Бил). The final Darling, however, is also a Blackadder and was portrayed by Atkinson in BBC promotional materials in 2002; the name Sir Osmond Darling-Blackadder suggests an unknown familial union between Blackadders and Darlings at some point in their histories.

George[edit]

George (Hugh Laurie) appears in Blackadder the Third as "Prince George", Prince Regent of England and a bit of a loud mouthed idiot; Lt. The Hon. George Colthurst St Barleigh, an overexcited and keen young lieutenant in Blackadder Goes Forth; and "Lt. The Hon. George Bufton-Tufton" in Blackadder: Back & Forth.

Bob[edit]

Bob is a pseudonym used by two characters, both female, both pretending to be male and both played by Gabrielle Glaister.

• Blackadder II – Kate, who goes by the pseudonym "Bob", is one of the first characters to appear in Blackadder II. She is a somewhat naive young woman who insists on believing her mother is dead, despite her father's insistence that she ran off with his brother. Her aging father informs her that due to his imminent dotage he must look to his daughter to sustain him, and suggests that the best way is for her to become a prostitute, which she refuses. After arriving in London, she disguises herself as a man and is hired as a manservant by Lord Blackadder, who casually kicks Baldrick out on to the streets. However, when Blackadder points out that "Kate" is a girl's name, she quickly claims it is short for "Bob". Blackadder becomes increasingly concerned about the attraction he feels for the boy. Eventually, after being prescribed a course of leeches by a doctor and an attempt to throw Bob out, he learns the truth (after Kate opens her doublet in front of him), and within several minutes they have had sex and become engaged. However, at the wedding, Kate is seduced by Blackadder's best man, Lord Flashheart, and decides to run off with him, leaving Blackadder jilted at the altar.
• Blackadder Goes Forth – The episode "Major Star" introduces General Melchett's driver, Bob Parkhurst. Captain Blackadder recognises Bob's gender immediately. She begs Blackadder not to give her away, explaining that all her brothers have signed up, and she wants "to see how a war is fought, so badly". While Blackadder is not fooled, Lieutenant George is, failing to spot the truth even when she emerges from the shower wearing only a towel. So is Melchett, who, while attracted to the singer Gorgeous Georgina (utterly failing to recognise Lieutenant George in drag), is outraged when she is replaced by Bob whom he believes to be in drag herself. In "Private Plane", she appears to have revealed the truth to Melchett, as she is shown dressed in more gender-neutral clothes and goes by the name "Bobbie", but still serves as Melchett's driver. As in Blackadder II, she is seduced by Squadron Commander the Lord Flashheart, and runs off with him, much to Blackadder's annoyance.
• Upstart Crow – Glaister again played Bob, now judge Robert Roberts, in the sixth episode of Ben Elton's 2016 sitcom about William Shakespeare.^[6]

Lord Flashheart[edit]

Lord Flashheart (Rik Mayall) is the name of two characters. The first Lord Flashheart appeared in a scene of the first episode of the second series of Blackadder. His descendant, Squadron Commander the Lord Flashheart, appeared as a major character in the fourth series in an episode called "Private Plane". In the credits of this episode the name Flashheart is spelled Flasheart.

Lord Flashheart is boisterous and an arrogant womaniser, attractive to all the women he meets. He is extremely popular among his peers and becomes the centre of attention whenever he enters a room, usually by bursting through a door in a spectacular fashion. The two Flashhearts are stereotypes of a certain kind of hero (the Elizabethan swashbuckler and the World War I flying ace), slanted to emphasise the negative qualities associated with such characters such as narcissism, sexism and promiscuity. His catchphrases are "Woof!" and "Let's do-oo-ooooo it!", while suggestively thrusting his pelvis. He commonly uses sexual innuendo in ordinary conversation, for example, "Am I pleased to see you, or did I just put a canoe in my pocket?" Rik Mayall later recalled, "I was surprised when they asked me. Very honouring that they asked me. 'Alright,' I said, 'I'll do it as long as I get more laughs than Rowan.' "^[7]

The writing for Lord Flashheart seems to have been at least in part inspired by the fictional character created by George MacDonald Fraser, Harry Flashman.^[8]

The character of Robin Hood in Blackadder: Back and Forth, also played by Mayall, is essentially another version of Flashheart, with the same personality and mannerisms.

In Ben Elton's 2016 sitcom Upstart Crow, Tim Downie's character Christopher Marlowe resembles Flashheart.^[9][10]

Queenie[edit]

"Queenie" (Miranda Richardson) is a caricature of the historical figure Queen Elizabeth I of England featured in Blackadder II. Though she is only twice referred to as "Queenie" in the series, this name is commonly used by the general public.^[11][12][13] In contrast to the usual regal and austere depiction of Elizabeth I, Miranda Richardson's portrayal is childish, spoiled and silly, possessing a fiery temper.^[14] Amanda Barrie's portrayal of Cleopatra in the 1964 film Carry On Cleo as a childish seductress has been suggested as an inspiration for Richardson's interpretation of Elizabeth I.^[15] It has been remarked that Queenie closely resembles the character Violet Elizabeth Bott featured in the Just William books of Richmal Crompton.

In Blackadder's Christmas Carol Richardson appears as Queenie and the future Queen Asphyxia. In Blackadder: Back & Forth she appears as present day Lady Elizabeth and Queenie.

Queenie's immature behaviour is expressed in her desire to "get squiffy and seduce nobles" (and force presents off them on pain of death). A naughty schoolgirl at heart, Queenie loves to party, play games and get drunk. If anyone fails to laugh at her jokes, they risk execution, but, to her followers' bemusement and frustration, she sometimes tires of their toadying and welcomes a more cynical approach – which is why she prefers Edmund Blackadder to Lord Melchett.

Richardson appears in later series as characters not explicitly stated as being descendants of Elizabeth I (but may share common ancestors with her). In the fifth episode of Blackadder the Third, she plays Amy Hardwood, the seemingly delicate industrialist's daughter whom the Prince Regent courts to get out of serious debt, later revealed as a highwayman, the Shadow; and in the episode General Hospital of the fourth series, she plays Nurse Mary Fletcher-Brown who enjoys a fling with Blackadder, before being falsely accused of being a German spy.

Non-recurring major characters[edit]

Prince Ludwig the Indestructible[edit]

Prince Ludwig the Indestructible (Hugh Laurie) appears in "Chains", the final episode of Blackadder II, as a German master of disguise who kidnaps Lord Blackadder and Lord Melchett, in 1566 and imprisons them in his dungeon under the watch of German guards and a Spanish inquisitorial co-conspirator. Though his initial plans to infiltrate Richmond Palace and kill Queen Elizabeth I are foiled by Blackadder and Melchett, he resurfaces moments later, disguised as the Queen, and murders the entire main cast. From a real-world point of view, this is part of Hugh Laurie's continuous set of appearances in Blackadder, but the last of those in which he is only credited as a guest actor, as he would later join the main cast for Blackadder the Third and Blackadder Goes Forth.

King Richard IV of England[edit]

King Richard IV (Brian Blessed) is the father of Prince Harry and Prince Edmund Plantagenet ("The Black Adder") and features in the first series. The character is very loosely based on the historical figure Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, one of the Princes in the Tower who disappeared in 1483 (as the real-life Richard would have been approximately twelve if still alive in 1485). In the alternate chronology of The Black Adder, King Richard III of England (played by Peter Cook) is introduced as being a "kind and thoughtful man" who cherishes his nephews (the two princes) placed into his care, in contrast to the common historical portrait of Richard III as a usurper who murdered the princes. Richard, Duke of York grew into "a big strong boy" and becomes his uncle's favourite, reflected by his being seated at the side of the king at the banquet on the eve of the Battle of Bosworth Field, which is a victory for the House of York during the Wars of the Roses.^[16] Richard is crowned King Richard IV of England after Richard III is accidentally killed by Edmund, and though he by far favours Harry over Edmund, he is saddened by Edmund's imminent death in the final episode. As he drinks a toast to his son's honour, he and the entire royal court are killed after Lord Percy poisons the entire vat of wine in an exaggerated attempt to kill the Black Seal, a group of assassins led by Edmund's arch-enemy.

Gertrude of Flanders[edit]

Gertrude of Flanders (Elspet Gray) is the wife of King Richard of England, Scotland and Ireland and mother of Princes Harry and Edmund. In attitude, Gertrude is mostly distant and absent-minded. She had an affair with a Scottish laird, which may have resulted in Edmund's birth. She often gives Edmund unwanted advice and embarrasses him. Her character's name is never spoken in dialogue in Blackadder, but appears in the credits. She is also a skilled practitioner of witchcraft, which she uses to help Edmund escape execution.^[17] But she, along with her royal family, is killed in the series' finale, after drinking wine poisoned by Lord Percy.

Nursie[edit]

Nursie (Patsy Byrne), real name "Bernard", appears in all six episodes of Blackadder II and two of the Blackadder specials; Blackadder's Christmas Carol and Blackadder: Back & Forth. Once Queenie's childhood nurse, by the time of her appearances in Blackadder II, Nursie is either senile or otherwise irreversibly stupid, but remains at court at the side of the Queen for unknown reasons, as the Queen repeatedly treats Nursie with contempt. Nursie frequently embarrasses both the Queen and herself by openly recounting tales of the Queen's childhood, prompting Queenie's standard reply of "Shut up, Nursie." She is also known for her complete non-sequiturs in conversation. Lord Blackadder describes her as "a sad, insane old woman with an udder fixation."^[18] In the series' finale, she is killed by Prince Ludwig the Indestructible along with the entire main cast. In Blackadder's Christmas Carol, a vision of the future depicts her as the silliest of Queen Asphyxia XIX's triple husbandoid.

Byrne later said that she was sometimes asked – in reference to a scene in the final episode of Blackadder II – whether she kept the cow costume in her wardrobe.^[19]

The real life basis for Nursie was Queen Elizabeth's real governesses, Kat Ashley, Margaret Bryan and Blanche Parry.^{[citation needed]}

Harry, Prince of Wales[edit]

Prince Henry "Harry" Plantagenet, Earl of March (1460–1498) (Robert East) was in The Black Adder (series 1). His Royal titles were the Prince of Wales, Earl of March, Captain of the Guard, Grand Warden of the Northern and Eastern Marches, Chief Lunatic of the Duchy of Gloucester, Viceroy of Wales, Sheriff of Nottingham, Marquess of the Midlands, Lord Po-Maker-In-Ordinary, and Harbinger of the Doomed Rat. A member of the House of York, Harry is the first son of King Richard IV of England (Brian Blessed) and Queen consort Gertrude of Flanders (Elspet Gray) and great-nephew of Richard III (Peter Cook). He has a younger brother (possibly his half-brother), Prince Edmund, Duke of Edinburgh (Rowan Atkinson).

The first portrayal of Prince Harry in the Blackadder story world was in the pilot episode which was shot in 1983 but never broadcast. In this episode, which is set sometime during the Elizabethan Era, Harry's character is one of two sons of the King and Queen of England. Although monarchs are not explicitly named, Harry may be intended as a fictional offspring of Queen Elizabeth I. This version of the character was played by the actor Robert Bathurst.^[20] Prince Harry made his first televised appearance (played by Robert East) in episode 1 of The Black Adder, entitled "The Foretelling", in which the events of the first series are set up by rewriting a period of English history and telling the story of a fictional ruling monarch who succeeds Richard III after the Battle of Bosworth Field.

Mrs Miggins[edit]

Mrs Miggins (Helen Atkinson-Wood) plays a supporting role in Blackadder the Third.^[21][22] In Blackadder II, Mrs Miggins is referred to as a pie shop owner but never appears. In the third series, Mrs Miggins plays a major role and appears in all episodes. She now owns a coffee shop that Blackadder visits regularly. In the final episode, she runs off with Blackadder's Scottish cousin, MacAdder.^[23] Mrs Miggins is also briefly referenced in the final episode of Blackadder Goes Forth, when George suggests they could pass the time by singing along to musical hits, one of them being "Whoops Mrs Miggins, you're sitting on my artichokes!"

Minor characters[edit]

• Lord Angus (Valentine Dyall) – ("Witchsmeller Pursuivant")
• Anon (Mark Arden) – a guard at the Royal Palace, along with Soft. ("Witchsmeller Pursuivant", "The Black Seal")
• Tally Applebottom (Jane Freeman) – a peasant with an apparent inability to stop laughing madly, she very nearly committed bigamy with Prince Edmund. ("The Queen of Spain's Beard")
• Thomas Applebottom (Howard Lew Lewis) – Tally Applebottom's husband. He wasn't terribly happy that Prince Edmund was attempting to marry his wife. He also appears in the prologue of "Witchsmeller Pursuivant" in which he dies of the Black Death. ("The Queen of Spain's Beard", "Witchsmeller Pursuivant")
• Tom the Balladeer (Tony Aitken) – a minstrel who sings songs about the continued failures of Lord Edmund Blackadder (Elizabethan). Other than a brief scene in "Money", the minstrel appeared only in the closing credits of each episode of Blackadder II, in the first episodes he annoys Blackadder, and gets hunted in the later episodes. In one episode, the minstrel appeared before Blackadder (coincidentally, the same one in which he had a brief appearance). In the last episode, Blackadder caught the minstrel and possibly drowned him. (Blackadder II)
• Beadle and the Enormous Orphans – Beadle, an orphan master (Denis Lill) and his enormous orphans (David Barber, Erkan Mustafa and David Nunn) appear in the Christmas special Blackadder's Christmas Carol. Despite claiming to be poor, all three of the orphans are actually morbidly obese. They are, in fact, so fat that they must push and shove each other in order to all fit into a room, with Blackadder remarking that he is always afraid of "bursting one of them and getting showered in two dozen semi-digested pies."
• Friar Bellows (Paul Brooke) – a member of The Black Seal and the clergy, Friar Bellows' godliness was somewhat less than complete given his fondness for fornication and murder. ("The Black Seal")
• Ivor "Jest Ye Not Madam" Biggun (Geoffrey McGivern) – a politician who participated in the Dunny-on-the-Wold by-election in "Dish and Dishonesty", standing for the Standing at the Back Dressed Stupidly and Looking Stupid Party (an early frivolous party and a parody of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party). Biggun loses the seat to Baldrick, but, unlike the others, takes his defeat jovially, saying that: "if you can't laugh, what can you do?". His party's policies included: "the compulsory serving of asparagus at breakfast, free corsets for the under-fives, and the abolition of slavery", the last of which was apparently added "for a joke".
• The baby-eating Bishop of Bath and Wells (Ronald Lacey) is an enforcer for a loan-sharking operation, The Bank of the Black Monks, in the second-series episode "Money". Blackadder owes him and the bank 1,000 pounds, and when Blackadder cannot afford to pay, the bishop threatens to shove a hot poker into his bowels. Blackadder drugs the bishop and blackmails him by having the bishop sketched in bed with Lord Percy.
• Brigadier General Horace Bolsom (Geoffrey Palmer) – a candidate for the Dunny-on-the-Wold by-election in "Dish and Dishonesty", standing for the Keep Royalty White, Rat Catching and Safe Sewage Residents Party. Possibly a parody of Bill Boaks, a regular by-election candidate on a Public Safety, Democratic Monarchist and White Resident ticket.
• Philip of Burgundy aka "The Hawk/Thrush"(Patrick Allen) – The deadly childhood rival of Prince Edmund, he was known to his enemies as "The Hawk" (or, when a child, "The Thrush"). Philip managed to wrest control of The Black Seal away from Edmund, leading to Edmund's hideously violent but amusing death on a bizarre torture device, the "amusing" part coming from the feathers used to tickle Edmund under "what's left of [his] arms". Philip was poisoned by Baldrick and Percy along with the members of The Black Seal. ("The Black Seal")
• Sir Talbot Buxomly MP (Denis Lill) – Member of Parliament for the village of Dunny-on-the-Wold in Suffolk, who was recruited by Mr. E. Blackadder and the Prince Regent in the Blackadder the Third episode "Dish and Dishonesty" to prevent the Prince Regent from being removed from the Civil List in the House of Commons, but soon died as he sat on a chair while meeting the Prince, and left his seat open for a by-election in Dunny-on-the-Wold.
• Cain & Abel (Bert Parnaby & Roy Evans) – A pair of peasants with a great admiration for a faceful of manure. ("The Archbishop", "Witchsmeller Pursuivant", "The Black Seal")
• Lord Chiswick (Stephen Tate) – a courtier to King Richard IV of England. His most significant function appeared to be keeping the King supplied with fresh horses, although he did occasionally curb his master's fiery temper.
• Cordelia (Gretchen Franklin) – one of a triad of three haggard witches. Named Goneril, Regan and Cordelia after King Lear's daughters, they foretell that Edmund shall become king, despite him referring to them as "hideous crones", "loathsome drabs" and "snaggle-toothed vultures". It is only after he leaves that they realise they've mixed him up with Henry Tudor. They appear to make this mistake frequently. The witches appeared in the episode, "The Foretelling".
• Sir Justin de Boinod (Bill Wallis) – an English knight of Norman descent freshly returned from the Crusades, he and his drunken colleague Sir George de Boeuf attempted to murder Edmund Plantagenet, Archbishop of Canterbury after misunderstanding the King. However, they failed to fully replicate the murder of Thomas Becket and Edmund was merely excommunicated. ("The Archbishop")
• Sir George de Boeuf (David Delve) – one of the two knights involved in the failed assassination of Prince Edmund during his tenure as Archbishop of Canterbury. ("The Archbishop")
• Maria Escalosa, Infanta of Spain (Miriam Margolyes) – Infanta of Spain, Maria Escalosa was briefly engaged to Prince Edmund following an arranged marriage by the King for his own political gains. Expecting a ravishing Royal princess, Edmund was rather disappointed to discover she didn't quite accord with his mental picture, being short and fat.
• Nurse Mary Fletcher-Brown (Miranda Richardson) – appears in the Blackadder Goes Forth episode "General Hospital". Like Amy Hardwood in Blackadder the Third she has a "fluffy bunny act", (her bedside manner), but is really a highly intelligent cynic. Though Prince George was originally disgusted by Amy's stupid act, his descendant Lieutenant George thinks Nurse Mary is "an absolute peach," and appears to be regressing to the nursery under her care. She had a brief fling with Captain Blackadder, but this time it was he who was leading her on, suspecting her of being a German spy and eventually exposing her (calling her "Nurse Fleischer-Baum") with three few supposed facts. She was sent to be executed by firing squad, but when Blackadder learns that the real source of information being leaked to the Germans was an unwitting Lieutenant George, he rushes after her, and it is unclear as to whether or not she survives.
• Le Comte de Frou Frou (Tim McInnerny) – an apparently foppish, disgruntled, homesick French aristocrat in Blackadder the Third. The character was forced to flee his home country for England, in order to escape the French Revolution. He was later revealed to be a disguise adopted by Prince George's friend Lord Topper, alias one half of the Scarlet Pimpernel.
• Mad Gerald (Rik Mayall) – a one-time cellmate of Prince Edmund whilst the latter was waiting to be eaten alive by snails, he had two friends: Mr Rat and Mr Key, which Gerald made from his own teeth ("The Black Seal"). Actor Rik Mayall later returned as Lord Flashheart in Blackadder II's "Bells", as Squadron Commander The Lord Flashheart in Blackadder Goes Forth's "Private Plane" and as Robin Hood in Blackadder: Back & Forth.
• Goneril (Kathleen St John) – one of a triad of three haggard witches, modelled on the witches from Macbeth. Named Goneril, Regan and Cordelia after King Lear's daughters, they foretell that Edmund shall become king, despite him referring to them as "hideous crones", "loathsome drabs" and "snaggle-toothed vultures". It is only after he leaves that they realise they've mixed him up with Henry Tudor (i.e. the genuine Macbeth). They appear to make this mistake frequently. The witches appeared in the episode, "The Foretelling".
• Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig (Geoffrey Palmer) – the hard-nosed leader of the British Army during the First World War whose best advice for Blackadder to escape the final push was to stick two pencils up his nose and his underpants on his head so that he would be classed as insane and sent home, a plan which Blackadder had already tried... "The phrase rhymes with clucking bell." (i.e. "fucking hell").
• Amy Hardwood (Miranda Richardson) – chosen by Mr. E. Blackadder to be the bride of his master, the Prince Regent, due to his belief that her father, a moronic industrialist with a northern accent, was extremely rich. However, upon the discovery that Mr. Hardwood wished his daughter to marry the Prince for his money, Blackadder called it off, realising the Hardwoods were impoverished.
• Keanrick and Mossop (Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Connor) – two actors who run a local theatre that Prince George frequents. Despite their flamboyant, over the top and unconvincing style of acting, George loves their performances, although he can never tell that they aren't real. His butler, Mr. E. Blackadder is not as interested in their performances.
• Kate's Father (Edward Jewesbury) – the father of "Bob", or rather Kate. As he had grown too old to support himself and his daughter, he was in favour of the idea of Kate becoming a prostitute. Instead, she decided to go to London, disguise herself as a boy, and seek her fortune. ("Bells")
• Jack Large (Big Mick) – also known as Unspeakably Violent Jack, the Bull-Buggering, Priest-Killer of No Fixed Abode, his fearsome reputation was somewhat undermined by his being somewhat less than five-foot tall. Jack was a member of The Black Seal and died after being poisoned by Baldrick and Percy. ("The Black Seal")
• Princess Leia of Hungary (Natasha King) – In 1492, at the age of eight, she married the show's central character, Prince Edmund, although she was originally betrothed to his brother, Prince Harry. A last-minute complication had changed matters, and Edmund was married to Leia instead of his original fiancée, Maria Escalosa, the Spanish Infanta (played by Miriam Margolyes). Three years later, Leia seemed uncomprehending or unconcerned at the prospect of her husband being burned as a witch.
• Reverend Lloyd (John Rapley) – The priest who nearly bigamously married Prince Edmund to Tally Applebottom via rather violent persuasion by Baldrick. Tally Applebottom's husband Thomas made a well-timed interruption of the ceremony, accompanied by a large scythe. ("The Queen of Spain's Beard")
• MacAdder (Rowan Atkinson) – The nearly identical—though red-haired—Scottish cousin of Mr. E. Blackadder. He is known as being the "most dangerous man ever to wear a skirt in Europe". He believes he is rightful king of England and plans to incite rebellion, meaning his cousin hates him. He is apparently a skilled swordsman, but also a kipper salesman and married to a woman named Morag back in Scotland though he initiates in an affair with Mrs. Miggins. He had two children; a boy named Jamie, and girl Angus (instead of Agnes). Edmund Blackadder wants him to take his place in the duel with the Iron Duke of Wellington to which MacAdder replies: "Why don't I take the place of the Duke of Wellington and kill the Prince?" Edmund Blackadder tells MacAdder that if he does this he will incur the wrath of the bailiffs. MacAdder thereby declines and leaves for Scotland with Miggins, foiling Blackadder's plan.
• Dougal MacAngus, 4th Duke of Argyll (Alex Norton) – The character appears in the episode "Born to Be King". He is Supreme Commander of the King's Army and the Fourth Duke of Argyll. Upon his return from a crusade against the Turks, he is rewarded for his bravery with Prince Edmund's Scottish lands. Enraged, Edmund schemes to have him stabbed on stage during the entertainment.
• Messenger (David Nunn) – The character is presented as being clumsy and unintelligent and speaks with a strong estuary English accent.^[24] Each time the Messenger appears he enters a room and announces "My Lord, news!". In The Queen of Spain's Beard, he is one of three messengers bearing news about various European nobility, announcing "Lord Wessex is dead!". King Richard's retort, "I like not this news! Bring me some other news!" is based on a line from Shakespeare's Richard III Act 4 Scene 4 in which Richard says, "There, take thou that till thou bring better news," after hearing bad news from a messenger.^[25] The Blackadder Messenger is also prone to a kind of compulsive mimicry, mirroring Prince Edmund's movements.^[24]
• Millicent (Nicola Bryant) is Blackadder's rich, spoilt-rotten goddaughter in the Christmas special Blackadder's Christmas Carol. She wears a ridiculously large bonnet with a feather and has a piercing cackle of a laugh that forces Blackadder to wear a pair of earmuffs.
• Master William Pitt the Even Younger was the fictional younger brother of William Pitt the Younger who took part in the Dunny-on-the-Wold by-election in "Dish and Dishonesty", as a representative of the Whigs. Pitt the Even Younger was put up as a candidate against Baldrick by his older brother, Pitt the Younger, but the announcement was welcomed with only sarcasm, and Mr. E. Blackadder began to ask the name of the candidate, including names such as: Pitt the Toddler, Pitt the Embryo, and Pitt the Glint in the Milkman's Eye, poking fun at Pitt the Younger's adolescence.
• Queen Victoria (Miriam Margolyes) and Prince Albert (Jim Broadbent) are two main characters in the Christmas special Blackadder's Christmas Carol. Victoria, while portrayed as being quite small and fat, with Blackadder remarking that she is "the winner of "the round Britain's shortest, fattest, dumpiest woman" competition," is not portrayed in a similar way to Queenie, being portrayed instead as kind hearted and pleasant, with her favourite Christmas habit being going out posing as common folk with Albert to determine and reward the virtuous. Albert, meanwhile, is portrayed as somewhat dim-witted, being unable to keep secrets, thus causing him to inadvertently reveal his wife's surprise presents, and having a thick German accent.
• King Richard III of England (Peter Cook) is a fictionalised version of the real Richard III of England. The series' first episode, "The Foretelling", explains that King Richard III was actually a kind, benevolent ruler who doted on his nephews, and that his popular image as a murderous usurper is based on lies spread by his rival, Henry Tudor.
• Captain Redbeard Rum (Tom Baker) – A deranged seafarer who claims to have had his legs "sliced clean off by a falling sail, and swept into the sea before [my] very eyes" and possesses "a beard you could lose a badger in". Rum is the sole captain with, according to Sir Walter Raleigh, few enough marbles to aid Blackadder in his trip around the Cape of Good Hope, and hence captains Blackadder's voyage of discovery – a trip that was intended to be little more than to France and back, but somehow ends up in Australia. Unlike the average seafarer, Rum actually seems to prefer drinking his own urine to water. Percy notes that Rum began doing so before the water ran out.
• Mrs. Scratchit (Pauline Melville) is a woman who appears in Blackadder's Christmas Carol. While seemingly a weak and sweet-natured woman, she is actually a very greedy con artist who has a "crippled" son called Tiny Tom, who is, in fact, morbidly obese (weighing fifteen stone and is "built like a brick privy".) She starts off swindling £17 off Blackadder in return for 17 matchsticks, claiming it is needed to feed herself and her family, claiming they are too poor to afford any meals, apart from "what Grandfather can scrape from under his big toenail."
• Lord Smedley (Nigel Planer) – An extremely annoying friend of George and one half of the Scarlet Pimpernel, the other half being his friend Lord Topper. He is killed by a suicide pill given to him by Blackadder when he is disguised as Madame Guillotine in order to rescue him and Baldrick. ("Nob and Nobility")
• Brigadier Sir Bernard Proudfoot Smith (Bill Wallis) – A patient with thick German accent at the hospital in the fourth series episode "General Hospital." Captain Darling thinks he is the German spy, but he is revealed at the end of the episode to be the finest spy in British Army, who picked up "a teensy-veensy bit" of an accent while working undercover in Germany.
• Baron von Richthoven (Ade Edmondson) – A German Flying ace who imprisons Blackadder behind enemy lines in the season four episode. ("Private Plane")
• Lord Topper (Tim McInnerny) – An extremely irritating friend of George he is offered the chance to go and rescue a French aristocrat by Blackadder but he refuses. He then disguises himself as Le Comte de Frou Frou and is 'rescued' by Blackadder and Baldrick. After being captured by an evil revolutionary (Chris Barrie) and escaping, he reveals himself to be Topper and, coincidentally, one half of the Scarlet Pimpernel, the other half being his friend, Lord Smedley, who had already been killed by a suicide pill given to him by Blackadder. When he is about to tell George the truth about his 'rescue', he is also killed the same way as Smedley, Blackadder slipping a suicide pill into his wine. ("Nob and Nobility")
• Nathaniel, Lord Whiteadder (Daniel Thorndike) and Lady Whiteadder (Miriam Margolyes) are Blackadder's Puritanical aunt and uncle in the episode Beer. Blackadder describes them as "the most fanatical Puritans in England" and is pleased to get a message that they are coming to his house to discuss their "whopping great inheritance." Blackadder's meeting with them coincides with a drinking competition Melchett and some friends have challenged him to. He is, therefore, forced to hold the two dinners in separate rooms. Despite his infamous Puritanism, he secretly breaks his vow of silence to thank Blackadder for a fantastic evening (following mishaps involving a phallic turnip, a drunken Edmund and Percy (who he believes to be a jester).)
• The Wise Woman (Barbara Miller) – A "deranged druid" (according to Blackadder) who Baldrick habitually used to cure medical complaints. Out of desperation, Blackadder decided to brave the swampy wilderness of Putney and seek her counsel to cure him of his "homosexuality" when he found himself attracted to "Bob". She recommends Blackadder sleep with "him", as that's what she tends to do with people she's attracted to—although she has to drug them first, due to her being "so old and warty". Her subsequent alternative solutions are met with equal disdain; Blackadder vehemently refuses to kill 'Bob', declines the suggestion to kill himself, and treats the solution of killing everybody in the whole world—thus preventing anyone from learning his secret—with disdain. ("Bells")
• The Witchsmeller Pursuivant (Frank Finlay) – During the episode "Witchsmeller Pursuivant", plague breaks out and reports of strange and unexplained phenomena, such as "two women claiming to have been raped by a fish", abound. The council of Lords recommends that "The Witchsmeller Pursuivant" be sent for, in order to track down and eliminate the presumed cause of the ill omens. After Edmund mocks the Witchsmeller by referring to him as "Old Big-nose", the Witchsmeller tricks Edmund into incriminating himself as a witch. During the ensuing trial, Edmund, Percy and Baldrick are found guilty of witchcraft and sentenced to be burned at the stake. However, the Queen provides Edmund with an apparent voodoo dummy of the Witchsmeller, which falls into the fire when Edmund is about to be burned, resulting in the Witchsmeller dying himself and Edmund being apparently cleared.

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