Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune

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play romantic drama stage play theatrical work

Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune is a romantic drama play by Terrence McNally that explores the tentative, late-night connection between two lonely, middle-aged coworkers in a New York City apartment.

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Label Occurrences
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune canonical 3
Frankie and Johnny 1
Frankie and Johnny (1991 film) 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
author Terrence McNally ⓘ
characterOccupation short-order cook ⓘ
waitress ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dialogueStyle naturalistic ⓘ
dramaticForm realism ⓘ
dramaticPeriod late 20th-century American theatre ⓘ
firstProductionType Off-Broadway ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
hasAdaptation Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Frankie and Johnny (1991 film)

Frankie and Johnny (stage adaptations in various countries) ⓘ
intendedAudience adult ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Frankie ⓘ
Johnny ⓘ
notableFor focus on middle-aged characters ⓘ
intimate two-hander format ⓘ
numberOfActs 2 ⓘ
originalMedium theatre ⓘ
settingLocation New York City ⓘ
apartment ⓘ
structure two-character play ⓘ
subjectMatter romantic relationship between coworkers ⓘ
search for connection ⓘ
theme emotional vulnerability ⓘ
intimacy ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
middle-aged romance ⓘ
timeSetting contemporary to its writing ⓘ
late night ⓘ
titleAlludesTo Clair de lune ⓘ
surface form: Clair de lune (musical piece by Claude Debussy)

Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Frankie and Johnny (traditional American ballad)
workOf Terrence McNally ⓘ
writer Terrence McNally ⓘ

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Terrence McNally → notableWork → Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune ⓘ
Garry Marshall → directed → Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankie and Johnny
McNally → notableWork → Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune ⓘ
subject surface form: Terrence McNally
W. B. Ray High School → notableWork → Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune ⓘ
subject surface form: Terrence McNally
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune → hasAdaptation → Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankie and Johnny (1991 film)
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune → titleAlludesTo → Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frankie and Johnny (traditional American ballad)