Idiot's Delight

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film play

Idiot's Delight is a 1936 Pulitzer Prize–winning antiwar play by Robert E. Sherwood that satirizes the rise of fascism and the looming threat of World War II.

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Idiot's Delight canonical 3
Idiot’s Delight 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
play ⓘ
author Robert E. Sherwood NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Drama NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardYear 1936 Pulitzer Prize for Drama NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Idiot's Delight NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Robert E. Sherwood NERFINISHED ⓘ
criticizes fascism ⓘ
militarism ⓘ
political demagoguery ⓘ
war profiteering ⓘ
depicts European fascist regimes ⓘ
approach of global war ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1936 ⓘ
firstPresentedOn Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre antiwar play ⓘ
satirical play ⓘ
hasAdaptation Idiot's Delight (1939 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacter Achille Weber NERFINISHED ⓘ
Captain Locicero NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fräulein Dr. Schmidt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harry Van NERFINISHED ⓘ
Irene NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quillery NERFINISHED ⓘ
hotel guests ⓘ
hasForm stage play ⓘ
hasSubject entertainers caught in war ⓘ
impending European conflict ⓘ
international politics ⓘ
hasTone antiwar ⓘ
satirical ⓘ
isPulitzerPrizeWinningWork true ⓘ
literaryMovement interwar American drama ⓘ
mainTheme looming threat of World War II ⓘ
rise of fascism ⓘ
narrativeLocation border region in Europe ⓘ
notableFor early warning about World War II ⓘ
satirical portrayal of fascist leaders ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf American theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationYear 1936 ⓘ
settingLocation luxury hotel in the Italian Alps ⓘ
timePeriod interwar period ⓘ
years immediately preceding World War II ⓘ

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Robert E. Sherwood → notableWork → Idiot's Delight ⓘ
Robert E. Sherwood → wrote → Idiot's Delight ⓘ
Robert E. Sherwood → receivedPulitzerPrizeFor → Idiot's Delight ⓘ
Alfred Lunt → notableWork → Idiot's Delight ⓘ
this entity surface form: Idiot’s Delight