Overview
Character Name
Horace Vandergelder
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Mature Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Dramatic Function
Antagonist, Authority Figure, Love Interest
Relationships
Dancing
Mover
Voice
Baritone
Vocal Range
High Note: E4
Low Note: B3
Time & Place
Yonkers and New York City at the end of the 19th century
Analysis
Horace is the curmudgeonly, middle-aged proprietor of a hay and feed store, and (as Dolly notes very early on) a half-a-millionaire. He is a controlling employer, an overprotective guardian to his niece, and a man who is very set in his old-fashioned ways. Horace is not the
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