Blood Pressure
E516740
"Blood Pressure" is a short story by Damon Runyon that provided the narrative basis for the musical "Guys and Dolls."
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Damon Runyon | 0 |
| Guys and Dolls | 0 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
ⓘ
short story ⓘ stage musical ⓘ |
| author | Damon Runyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Blood Pressure
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fictionalUniverse | Damon Runyon New York underworld stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
humorous fiction ⓘ short fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
Broadway gamblers
ⓘ
small-time crooks ⓘ tough-talking New Yorkers ⓘ |
| hasHumorStyle | deadpan humor ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeElementsInCommonWith | The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
New York underworld life
ⓘ
gambling ⓘ romantic entanglements ⓘ |
| influenced | book of the musical Guys and Dolls ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativeBasisFor | Guys and Dolls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| notableWork | Blood Pressure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | writer ⓘ |
| partOf | Damon Runyon’s Broadway stories corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationType | magazine short story ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| style | Runyonese ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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