Tls

[lashley]

last ones-help please
1d wilder character-one writing about bridge problem 7,7 B?O?H?R/???I?E? brother?oscar or billy?
3d queen and duchess chosen by director to be embraced by drag character in a famous comedy 10 H?R?C?S???
12d opponent of slavery-his poems stir trouble up 4,7 M?S/??H?L?A
17a a coleridge poem,rather like the ancient mariner??W?????E
thanks

[highbury57]

Brother Juniper.

[highbury57]

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

[highbury57]

3d Hardcastle.

[lashley]

Thanks-can you parse Hardcastle and is 12 d miss ophelia but why his?

[Lie-in King]

12d Miss Ophelia

https://www.litcharts.com/lit/uncle-tom-s-cabin/characters/miss-ophelia

17a Unwelcome

https://allpoetry.com/Unwelcome

[aelmpvw]

12d anagram of ali his poems

[Lie-in King]

Hardcastle - 'R(egina) D(uchess) cast (chosen by director)' (in) 'hale' (drag; haul)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Stoops_to_Conquer#Characters

[Lie-in King]

Ta ael, I forgot that bit, not been up long :-)

[aelmpvw]

L-i-K, i only worked out the anagram once i'd seen the answer :-)