Quartermaine's Terms

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play stage work theatrical revival

Quartermaine's Terms is a bittersweet comedic play by Simon Gray that explores the quiet desperation and interpersonal dynamics among teachers at a 1960s Cambridge language school.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
stage work ⓘ
theatrical revival ⓘ
author Simon Gray ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director Richard Eyre ⓘ
dramaticForm three-act play ⓘ
exploresTheme emotional isolation ⓘ
failure of communication ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
professional stagnation ⓘ
unfulfilled lives ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1981 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Queen's Theatre ⓘ
surface form: Queen's Theatre, London
genre bittersweet comedy ⓘ
comedy ⓘ
hasCharacter Anita ⓘ
Derek ⓘ
Eddie ⓘ
Henry ⓘ
Mark ⓘ
Melanie ⓘ
St John Quartermaine ⓘ
Thomas ⓘ
hasRevival Wyndham's Theatre 2013 production ⓘ
mainCharacter St John Quartermaine ⓘ
notableCastMember Edward Fox ⓘ
Prunella Scales ⓘ
Rowan Atkinson ⓘ
originalDirector Harold Pinter ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalProducer Michael Codron ⓘ
play Quartermaine's Terms self-linksurface differs ⓘ
publisher Faber and Faber ⓘ
settingCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
settingLocation CAMBRIDGE ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge
settingPlace English language school ⓘ
settingTime 1960s ⓘ
structure ensemble piece ⓘ
subjectMatter academic life ⓘ
interpersonal relationships ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
quiet desperation ⓘ
tone comic ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ
writer Simon Gray ⓘ

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Long Wharf Theatre → producedWorldPremiereOf → Quartermaine's Terms ⓘ
Quartermaine's Terms → play → Quartermaine's Terms self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Wyndham's Theatre 2013 production