Character Relationship Map: Rising Damp

Characters

• Rigsby (played by Leonard Rossiter) — protagonist
• Philip Smith (played by Don Warrington) — supporting
• Charles Seymour (played by Denholm Elliott) — supporting
• John (played by Christopher Strauli) — supporting
• Sandra (played by Carrie Jones) — supporting

Canonical Relationships

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

• Rigsby → Charles Seymour (Professional Landlord And Tenant)

  Rigsby becomes suspicious when Seymour consistently fails to pay his rent.

• John → Sandra (Romantic Girlfriend And Boyfriend)

  The plot identifies Sandra as John's girlfriend, and John earns the wrath of her father.

• Rigsby → Philip Smith (Professional Landlord And Tenant)

  Philip lives in Rigsby's townhouse, where John is allocated the same room as him.

• Rigsby → John (Professional Landlord And Tenant)

  Rigsby is the landlord of a decrepit townhouse and takes in John as a new tenant.

Story Dynamics

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

• Philip Smith → Charles Seymour (Conflict Confronters)

  Philip suspects Seymour's true agenda and finally confronts him about it.

• John → Philip Smith (Social Roommates)

  John is allocated the same room as Philip in Rigsby's townhouse.

Story Analysis

A troubled landlord's comic household becomes the setting for romantic rivalry, deception, humiliation, and unexpected loyalty.

Plot Progression

1. Tenants Under One Roof
2. Humiliation and Failed Courtship
3. A Suspicious New Suitor
4. The Threatened Secret
5. Rigsby's Unexpected Defense