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.

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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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Václav Havel → notableWork → Audience ⓘ