This character is a wealthy aristocrat based partially on Viscountess Beaconsfield who was wife of the prime minister Disraeli. She was notorious for her uninhibited remarks.Staid Victorians were often scandalised by her but learned not to comment. She was shrewder than she looked.In the musical, the character is in later life, although still takes great care of her appearance, particularly fashionable and flirts with those men around her. She is outspoken to the point of rude and has a great r