Act One (autobiography)

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autobiography memoir

Act One is Moss Hart’s celebrated autobiographical memoir chronicling his impoverished youth and rise to prominence as a Broadway playwright and director.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Act One (memoir)	2
Act One (chronicle of early life in theatre)	1
Act One (film adaptation)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	autobiography ⓘ memoir ⓘ
about	American theatre history ⓘ creative process in playwriting ⓘ show business culture ⓘ social mobility in the United States ⓘ
author	Moss Hart ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describes	Moss Hart’s career as a theatre director ⓘ Moss Hart’s impoverished youth ⓘ Moss Hart’s rise to prominence as a Broadway playwright ⓘ
focusesOn	ambition to work in theatre ⓘ backstage life on Broadway ⓘ creative collaboration in theatre ⓘ economic hardship in childhood ⓘ
genre	show business memoir ⓘ theatre memoir ⓘ
hasInfluenced	later theatre memoirs ⓘ writers interested in Broadway history ⓘ
hasPart	accounts of early family life ⓘ accounts of early theatrical jobs ⓘ accounts of first Broadway successes ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
mainSubject	Broadway ⓘ surface form: Broadway theatre Moss Hart ⓘ playwriting ⓘ theatre directing ⓘ
narrativeMode	chronological life story ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person ⓘ
notableFor	detailed depiction of Broadway in the early 20th century ⓘ inspirational narrative of professional success from poverty ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
portrays	relationships between producers, directors, and writers ⓘ struggles of aspiring playwrights ⓘ working conditions in commercial theatre ⓘ
setting	Broadway ⓘ New York City ⓘ
targetAudience	readers interested in theatre ⓘ readers of autobiographies ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed	early 20th century ⓘ interwar years on Broadway ⓘ
tone	inspirational ⓘ reflective ⓘ
workChronology	early Broadway career of Moss Hart ⓘ early life of Moss Hart ⓘ
workType	non-fiction book ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Act One → hasAdaptation → Act One (autobiography) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Act One (film adaptation)

Moss Hart → notableWork → Act One (autobiography) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Act One (memoir)

Moss Hart → notableWork → Act One (autobiography) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Act One (chronicle of early life in theatre)

Act One (Broadway adaptation by James Lapine, source author) → notableWork → Act One (autobiography) ⓘ

subject surface form: Moss Hart

this entity surface form: Act One (memoir)