Archie Rice

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Archie Rice is a washed-up, cynical music-hall performer whose personal and professional decline embodies the fading glory of British vaudeville.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
stage character
appearsIn The Entertainer (1960 film)
surface form: The Entertainer

The Entertainer (1960 film)
artFormContext music hall
vaudeville
associatedTheme generational conflict
moral decay
associatedWith British theatre
post-war British drama
characterTrait cynical
washed-up
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
createdBy John Osborne
createdInPeriod 1950s
emotionalTone bitter
world-weary
familyBackground comes from a family of performers
firstAppearance The Entertainer (1960 film)
surface form: The Entertainer (play, 1957)
genre drama
hasProblem financial difficulties
marital problems
professional failure
languageOfWork English
literaryMovementContext Angry Young Men
medium cinema
theatre
narrativeFunction critique of commercialized entertainment
narrativeRole protagonist
occupation entertainer
music-hall performer
portrayedBy Laurence Olivier
other stage actors in various productions
represents fading glory of British vaudeville
setting British seaside resort
stageGenreContext music-hall revue
symbolizes decline of traditional British entertainment
themeAssociation disillusionment
personal decline
post-war British society
professional decline
workTypeOfAppearance feature film
stage play

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