Audience
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"Audience" is a one-act absurdist play by Czech playwright and dissident Václav Havel that satirically portrays life under communist surveillance and bureaucracy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Audience canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ |
| author | Václav Havel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Brewmaster
ⓘ
Vaněk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Václav Havel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Czechoslovak communist regime ⓘ |
| depicts |
coercion to inform on oneself
ⓘ
pressures on dissidents ⓘ |
| dramaticStyle |
absurdist
ⓘ
dialogue-driven ⓘ minimalist ⓘ |
| form | one-act play ⓘ |
| genre |
absurdist theatre
ⓘ
drama ⓘ political satire ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Brewmaster
ⓘ
Vaněk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
complicity in authoritarian systems
ⓘ
relationship between individual and state ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Cold War era ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Vaněk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Theatre of the Absurd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | interrogation-like conversation ⓘ |
| notableFor |
featuring Havel’s alter ego Vaněk
ⓘ
use of absurdity to critique totalitarianism ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 1 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Czech ⓘ |
| partOf | Vaněk plays ⓘ |
| protagonist | Vaněk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| satirizes |
bureaucratic control
ⓘ
life under communist rule ⓘ state surveillance ⓘ |
| setting |
brewery office
ⓘ
communist Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| theme |
abuse of power
ⓘ
bureaucracy ⓘ communist surveillance ⓘ compromise and collaboration ⓘ dissidence ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ political oppression ⓘ |
| writer | Václav Havel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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