Overview
Character Name
Horace Vandergelder
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Mature Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Dancing
Mover
Voice
Baritone
Vocal Range
High Note: E4
Low Note: B3
Time & Place
yonkers and new york city, 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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