J.B.
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J.B. is a modern verse drama by Archibald MacLeish that reimagines the biblical story of Job and became a critically acclaimed Broadway play.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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verse drama → |
| author |
Archibald MacLeish
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| awardReceived |
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
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Tony Award for Best Play → |
| basedOn |
Book of Job
→
Hebrew Bible → Old Testament → |
| biblicalSourceCharacter |
Job
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| broadwayOpeningYear |
1958
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| criticalReception |
critically acclaimed
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| dramaticDevice |
play-within-a-play elements
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| dramaticStyle |
allegorical
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existential → symbolic → |
| firstPerformanceLocation |
Broadway
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| form |
verse
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| genre |
modern verse drama
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religious drama → tragedy → |
| hasAdaptation |
television production of J.B.
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| influencedBy |
biblical literature
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existential philosophy → |
| intendedAudience |
adult theatre audiences
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| language |
English
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| mainCharacter |
J.B.
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| medium |
theatre
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| narrativeDevice |
two circus vendors as commentators
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| notableCharacterType |
chorus-like commentators
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| notableProductionType |
Broadway production
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| originalBroadwayTheatre |
Anta Theatre
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| period |
mid-20th-century American drama
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| premiereDate |
1958
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| publicationYear |
1958
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| publisher |
Houghton Mifflin
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| setting |
a modern circus
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| structure |
two acts
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| subjectMatter |
reimagining of the biblical story of Job
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| subjectOf |
literary criticism
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| theme |
divine justice
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faith → human endurance → suffering → the problem of evil → |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
20th century
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| writer |
Archibald MacLeish
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
J.B.
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mainCharacter |
|
Archibald MacLeish
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notableWork |
|
Elia Kazan
→
|
tonyAwardsWonFor |