Lavinia Chamberlayne

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Lavinia Chamberlayne is a central figure in T. S. Eliot’s play "The Cocktail Party," whose troubled marriage and personal crisis drive much of the drama’s exploration of relationships and spiritual emptiness.

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Lavinia Chamberlayne canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf female character
fictional character
theatrical character
appearsIn The Cocktail Party
associatedTheme marital discord
modern relationships
personal crisis
self-knowledge
spiritual emptiness
authorNationalityOfWork British
countryOfOriginOfWork United Kingdom
createdBy T. S. Eliot
firstPerformanceOfWork 1949
genreOfWorkAppearsIn play
hasCharacterArc confronts truth about her marriage
moves from social façade to self-awareness
hasGivenName Lavinia
hasMaritalStatusInWork married
hasMedium stage
hasRelationshipProblemWith Edward Chamberlayne
hasSurname Chamberlayne
narrativeFunction catalyst for the play’s central crisis
drives exploration of marital breakdown
embodies spiritual emptiness
partOfFictionalUniverse The Cocktail Party
surface form: The Cocktail Party universe
roleInWork central character
title character’s wife
setIn London, England
surface form: London
spouseOf Edward Chamberlayne
workLanguage English

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The Cocktail Party mainCharacter Lavinia Chamberlayne
Celia Coplestone hasRelationshipWith Lavinia Chamberlayne