Act I
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Act I is the opening section of Edward Albee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play "A Delicate Balance," in which the central family tensions and themes of existential anxiety are first established.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | act of a play ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Edward Albee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticStructureRole |
exposition
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rising tension setup ⓘ |
| establishesTheme |
emotional dependency
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existential anxiety ⓘ family tension ⓘ fear of emptiness ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Agnes
NERFINISHED
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Claire NERFINISHED ⓘ Edna NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry NERFINISHED ⓘ Julia NERFINISHED ⓘ Tobias NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceContext | performed as the first act in original stage productions of A Delicate Balance ⓘ |
| genre |
absurdist theatre
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drama ⓘ psychological drama ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical play ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
establishes tone of unease
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introduces central family relationships ⓘ introduces inciting conflict ⓘ |
| openingSectionOf | A Delicate Balance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | A Delicate Balance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | suburban upper-middle-class home ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | contemporary to the 1960s ⓘ |
| workAwardContext | part of a play that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ |
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