Homelife
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Homelife is a one-act play by Edward Albee that serves as a prequel to his earlier work The Zoo Story, exploring the protagonist Peter’s domestic life and psychological state before the events of the original play.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | one-act play ⓘ |
| author | Edward Albee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRelation | Peter is Ann’s husband NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | events occur before The Zoo Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dramaticFunction |
backstory for Peter in The Zoo Story
ⓘ
contextualizes events of The Zoo Story ⓘ |
| dramaticStyle |
intimate domestic conversation
ⓘ
realist dialogue ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ |
| hasPart | dialogue ⓘ |
| isPrequelTo | The Zoo Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Ann
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Peter’s domestic life
ⓘ
Peter’s psychological state ⓘ |
| protagonist | Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondaryProtagonist | Ann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Peter’s home ⓘ |
| structure | one act ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
communication in marriage ⓘ emotional repression ⓘ identity ⓘ marital relationship ⓘ middle-class anxiety ⓘ |
| workCombination | often performed together with The Zoo Story ⓘ |
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