God of Carnage
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God of Carnage is a darkly comic stage play by Yasmina Reza that explores the breakdown of civilized behavior when two sets of parents meet to discuss a playground fight between their sons.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carnage (film) | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dark comedy
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film ⓘ stage play ⓘ |
| adaptedInto | Carnage (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Yasmina Reza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Play NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayCastMember |
Hope Davis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Gandolfini NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff Daniels NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcia Gay Harden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayClosingDate | 2010-06-06 ⓘ |
| broadwayDirector | Matthew Warchus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayOpeningDate | 2009-03-22 ⓘ |
| broadwayTheatre | Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characters |
Alain Reille
NERFINISHED
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Annette Reille NERFINISHED ⓘ Michel Vallon NERFINISHED ⓘ Veronique Vallon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| director | Roman Polanski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasSubject | parents meeting about a playground fight ⓘ |
| languageOfFirstProduction | German ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
real-time action
ⓘ
single-location setting ⓘ |
| notableProduction |
2008 West End production
ⓘ
2009 Broadway production ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 1 ⓘ |
| numberOfCharacters | 4 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Le Dieu du carnage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 2006 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Zürich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| setting | a living room in Paris ⓘ |
| subject |
civility and violence
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conflict resolution ⓘ middle-class society ⓘ parenting ⓘ |
| theme |
breakdown of civilized behavior
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hypocrisy ⓘ social pretension ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | contemporary ⓘ |
| translatedBy | Christopher Hampton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| westEndDirector | Matthew Warchus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfAward | 2009 ⓘ |
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