The Beaux' Stratagem (stage)

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Restoration comedy stage play theatrical work

The Beaux' Stratagem (stage) is a classic Restoration-era comedy play by George Farquhar, frequently revived in modern theatre for its witty dialogue and satirical take on marriage and social pretensions.

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Label Occurrences
National Theatre Live: The Beaux' Stratagem 1
The Beaux' Stratagem (1907 adaptation by Harley Granville-Barker and George Bernard Shaw) 1
The Beaux' Stratagem (stage) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Restoration comedy ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
author George Farquhar ⓘ
centralTheme marriage ⓘ
money and fortune hunting ⓘ
romantic intrigue ⓘ
social pretension ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England ⓘ
dramaticForm comedy of manners ⓘ
sentimental comedy precursor ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1707 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Queen's Theatre, Haymarket, London ⓘ
surface form: Queen's Theatre, Haymarket
firstPublisher Bernard Lintot ⓘ
genre Restoration comedy ⓘ
comedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Beaux' Stratagem (stage) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Beaux' Stratagem (1907 adaptation by Harley Granville-Barker and George Bernard Shaw)

The Beaux' Stratagem (BBC television adaptation, 1970s) ⓘ
hasCharacter Boniface ⓘ
Cherry ⓘ
Dorinda ⓘ
Foigard ⓘ
Mrs. Sullen ⓘ
Squire Sullen ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Aimwell ⓘ
Archer ⓘ
hasNotableRevival National Theatre production, London, 2015 ⓘ
hasPerformanceTradition national theatres ⓘ
regional theatre ⓘ
repertory theatre ⓘ
university theatre ⓘ
hasSubject class and social mobility ⓘ
economic dependence in marriage ⓘ
gender roles ⓘ
influenced later comedies of manners in English theatre ⓘ
isFrequentlyRevived true ⓘ
isKnownFor satire of marriage ⓘ
satire of social pretensions ⓘ
witty dialogue ⓘ
literaryMovement Restoration theatre ⓘ
narrativeLocation Coventry Road ⓘ
Lichfield ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf English Restoration and early 18th-century stage canon ⓘ
publicationDate 1707 ⓘ
setInPeriod early 18th century England ⓘ
structure five-act play ⓘ
timePeriodOfWork early 18th century ⓘ

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Alison Steadman → notableWork → The Beaux' Stratagem (stage) ⓘ
Geoffrey Streatfeild → notableWork → The Beaux' Stratagem (stage) ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Theatre Live: The Beaux' Stratagem
The Beaux' Stratagem (stage) → hasAdaptation → The Beaux' Stratagem (stage) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Beaux' Stratagem
this entity surface form: The Beaux' Stratagem (1907 adaptation by Harley Granville-Barker and George Bernard Shaw)