The Philadelphia Story

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play romantic comedy stage work

The Philadelphia Story is a classic 1939 romantic comedy play by Philip Barry, best known through its acclaimed 1940 film adaptation starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and James Stewart.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
The Philadelphia Story (1940 film) 3
The Philadelphia Story (play) 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
stage work ⓘ
author Philip Barry ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dramaticStructure three-act play ⓘ
exploresTheme family dynamics ⓘ
public image versus private self ⓘ
second chances in love ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1939 ⓘ
genre comedy of manners ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation High Society ⓘ
surface form: High Society (1956 film)
hasAdditionalRomanticInterest Macaulay "Mike" Connor ⓘ
hasFilmAdaptation The Philadelphia Story self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Philadelphia Story (1940 film)
hasHumorStyle situational comedy ⓘ
witty dialogue ⓘ
hasLoveTriangle Tracy Samantha Lord ⓘ
surface form: Tracy Lord – C. K. Dexter Haven – George Kittredge
hasProtagonist Tracy Samantha Lord ⓘ
surface form: Tracy Lord
hasStageProduction The Philadelphia Story Broadway production ⓘ
hasTitleCharacter Tracy Samantha Lord ⓘ
surface form: Tracy Lord
influenced High Society ⓘ
surface form: High Society (stage musical)
intendedAudience general theatre audience ⓘ
isBestKnownThrough The Philadelphia Story self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Philadelphia Story (1940 film)
literaryMovement American theatre of the 1930s ⓘ
mainTheme class differences ⓘ
personal growth ⓘ
romantic relationships ⓘ
narrativeForm dialogue-driven ⓘ
notableCharacter C. K. Dexter-Haven ⓘ
surface form: C. K. Dexter Haven

Liz Imbrie ⓘ
surface form: Elizabeth "Liz" Imbrie

George Kittredge ⓘ
Macaulay "Mike" Connor ⓘ
Tracy Samantha Lord ⓘ
surface form: Tracy Lord
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalMedium theatre ⓘ
premiereType Broadway premiere ⓘ
publicationYear 1939 ⓘ
settingLocation Pennsylvania ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
subjectMatter divorce ⓘ
high society ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
theatricalGenre Broadway play ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 20th century ⓘ
writer Philip Barry ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

James Stewart → academyAwardForBestActorFor → The Philadelphia Story ⓘ
Mike Connor → basedOnCharacterFrom → The Philadelphia Story ⓘ
C. K. Dexter-Haven → basedOnWork → The Philadelphia Story ⓘ
C. K. Dexter-Haven → basedOnWork → The Philadelphia Story ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Philadelphia Story (1940 film)
C. K. Dexter-Haven → basedOnWork → The Philadelphia Story ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Philadelphia Story (play)
Liz Imbrie → basedOnWork → The Philadelphia Story ⓘ
Tracy Samantha Lord → basedOnWork → The Philadelphia Story ⓘ
George Cukor → directed → The Philadelphia Story ⓘ
The Philadelphia Story → hasFilmAdaptation → The Philadelphia Story self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Philadelphia Story (1940 film)
The Philadelphia Story → isBestKnownThrough → The Philadelphia Story self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Philadelphia Story (1940 film)
Cary Grant → notableWork → The Philadelphia Story ⓘ
George Cukor → notableWork → The Philadelphia Story ⓘ
James Stewart → notableWork → The Philadelphia Story ⓘ
Katharine Hepburn → notableWork → The Philadelphia Story ⓘ
Philip Barry → notableWork → The Philadelphia Story ⓘ
Theatre Guild → notableWork → The Philadelphia Story ⓘ
Liz Imbrie → sourceWorkTitle → The Philadelphia Story ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Philadelphia Story (play)