Picasso at the Lapin Agile

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Picasso at the Lapin Agile is a comedic stage play by Steve Martin that imagines a whimsical meeting between Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein in a Parisian bar at the dawn of the 20th century.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy play
stage play
author Steve Martin
countryOfOrigin United States
featuresTheme future of the 20th century
intersection of art and science
nature of genius
firstProductionDate 1993
firstProductionPlace Chicago
firstProductionTheatre Steppenwolf Theatre Company
genre comedy
philosophical comedy
hasApproximateDuration about 80–90 minutes
hasCharacterBasedOn Albert Einstein
Elvis Presley
Pablo Picasso
hasSetting bar
hasStyle absurdist elements
metatheatrical humor
hasTitleOrigin Lapin Agile cabaret in Montmartre
inspiredBy Lapin Agile cabaret in Paris
language English
mainCharacter Albert Einstein
Freddy
Gaston
Germaine
Pablo Picasso
Sagot
Schmendiman
Suzanne
The Visitor
medium theatre
notableFor blend of intellectual discussion and comedy
imagined meeting of Picasso and Einstein
originalLanguage English
settingPlace Lapin Agile bar
Montmartre, Paris
settingTime 1904
early 20th century
structure one-act play
subject art
creativity
genius
modernism
science
writer Steve Martin

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Steve Martin
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