Act One (influential theatre memoir)
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Act One is Moss Hart’s celebrated theatrical memoir chronicling his impoverished youth and rise to Broadway success during the early 20th century.
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- Act One ×46
- Act One (memoir) ×2
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
autobiography
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non-fiction book → theatre memoir → |
| about |
Broadway production history
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backstage life in theatre → development of a playwright → |
| author | Moss Hart → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form: "United States"
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| criticalReception | widely acclaimed → |
| describedAs | celebrated theatrical memoir → |
| describes |
Moss Hart’s impoverished youth
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Moss Hart’s rise to Broadway success → |
| genre |
memoir
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theatre literature → |
| hasAdaptation |
Act One (1963 film)
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Act One (stage adaptation source) →
surface form: "Act One (stage adaptation)"
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| hasInfluenceOn | theatrical autobiographical writing → |
| hasSubject |
Broadway success
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playwriting → show business → |
| hasTheme |
The American Dream
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surface form: "American Dream"
artistic perseverance → poverty and ambition → |
| influenced | generations of theatre professionals → |
| influentialOn | theatre memoir genre → |
| language | English → |
| literaryForm | first-person narrative → |
| literarySignificance | classic of American theatre literature → |
| mainSubject |
United States theatre
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surface form: "American theatre"
Broadway →
surface form: "Broadway theatre"
Moss Hart → |
| narrativePerspective | autobiographical → |
| notableFor |
detailed depiction of Broadway production process
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insider view of early 20th-century American theatre → |
| publicationDate | 1959 → |
| publisher | Random House → |
| settingPlace |
Broadway
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New York City → |
| settingTime | early 20th century → |
| targetAudience |
aspiring playwrights
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general adult readers → theatre enthusiasts → |
| timePeriodDescribed |
1910s
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1920s → 1930s → |
| workPeriodOfAuthor | Moss Hart’s early career → |
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Act One (Broadway adaptation by James Lapine, source author)
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Act One (influential theatre memoir)
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this entity surface form: "Act One (memoir)"
Act One (Broadway adaptation by James Lapine, source author)
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basedOn
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Act One (influential theatre memoir)
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subject surface form: "Act One"
this entity surface form: "Act One (memoir)"