Character Relationship Map: The March Hare

Characters

• Sir Charles Hare (played by Terence Morgan) — supporting

  Irish baronet who loses his estate due to race-fixing and works as a groom under a false identity. He romances Pat, trains the colt The March Hare, and ultimately secures a Derby victory to restore hi...

• Lady Anne (played by Martita Hunt) — supporting

  Sir Charles's aunt who assists in saving the colt that becomes The March Hare. Before the Derby, she persuades Mangan to drink at a pub to restore his memory of the magical fairy words needed to calm...

• Lazy Mangan (played by Cyril Cusack) — supporting

  A perpetually drunk horse handler with a mystical ability to control horses using fairy words. He helps raise The March Hare, temporarily loses his magical memory after going teetotal, but regains it...

• Colonel Keene (played by Wilfrid Hyde-White) — supporting

  Colonel Keene is a friend of Sir Charles who joins Lady Anne and Mangan in saving a colt from the sale of the estate. He helps rear the animal that Sir Charles names The March Hare, contributing to th...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Lady Anne → Sir Charles Hare (Family Aunt And Nephew) — Lady Anne supports her nephew by helping preserve the colt that later gives him a chance to regain his fortune.

  The plot identifies Lady Anne as Sir Charles Hare's aunt. She helps save a colt after Charles loses his estate.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Colonel Keene → Lazy Mangan (Alliance Collaborators) — Keene and Mangan both contribute to raising the colt, though the plot gives no further specific interaction between them.

  The plot says Keene and Lady Anne rear the rescued colt with Mangan's help.

• Lady Anne → Lazy Mangan (Alliance Collaborators) — Their cooperation first helps raise the colt, then becomes crucial when Lady Anne tries to restore Mangan's memory before the race.

  Lady Anne helps rear the rescued colt with Mangan. Before the Derby, she gets Mangan drunk in a pub in the hope that he will remember the fairy words.

• Lady Anne → Colonel Keene (Alliance Collaborators) — They work together to preserve and raise the colt after Hare's estate and stables are sold.

  Lady Anne and Colonel Keene save one colt from the sale and rear it with Mangan's help.

• Lazy Mangan → Sir Charles Hare (Alliance Horse Handler And Beneficiary) — Mangan's horse-handling and remembered fairy words help Hare's colt compete and ultimately win the Derby.

  Mangan helps rear Hare's colt and later whispers the fairy words that allow it to race on Derby Day.

• Colonel Keene → Sir Charles Hare (Social Friend) — Keene supports Hare by helping rescue and raise the colt after the estate sale.

  The plot describes Colonel Keene as Hare's friend and says he joins Lady Anne and Mangan in saving a colt.

Story Analysis

After losing his estate, Sir Charles Hare's fortunes turn through a rescued colt, Mangan's horse-handling, and a Derby victory.

Plot Progression

1. The Lost Estate — At Royal Ascot, a fixed race leaves Sir Charles Hare without his ancestral home and stables. He stays on after the sale, while Lady Anne and Colonel Keene help save a colt.
2. Raising the Colt — Mangan helps rear the saved colt, and Hare names it The March Hare. The story then jumps forward two years to a racecourse.
3. Identity and Romance — Peggy discovers Hare's true identity at the racecourse, where Mangan's fairy words help the colt race. Hare and Pat go on a date in London as their romance develops.
4. The Forgotten Words — Mangan falls ill and becomes teetotal, but then loses the memory of the fairy words. With Derby Day approaching, Hare needs Mangan's help.
5. The Derby Victory — Lady Anne gets Mangan drunk in a pub in hopes of restoring his memory, then they get him to the track. The March Hare wins the Derby, restoring Hare's wealth and allowing his marriage to Pat.