The Vortex (stage play)
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"The Vortex" is a 1924 stage play by Noël Coward, best known as a sharp social comedy about scandal, addiction, and sexual hypocrisy in upper-class British society.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| The Vortex | 0 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedy-drama
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stage play ⓘ |
| adaptationMedium | film ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | The Vortex (1928 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Noël Coward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayDebutCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayDebutYear | 1925 ⓘ |
| censorshipStatusAtPremiere | subject to Lord Chamberlain scrutiny ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Bunty Mainwaring
NERFINISHED
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Florence Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicky Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ Pauncefort Quentin NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Veryan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDirector | Noël Coward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstProducer | Lilian Braithwaite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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drama ⓘ social comedy ⓘ |
| hasRevival | multiple West End revivals ⓘ |
| helpedEstablishReputationOf | Noël Coward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | interwar period in Britain ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Noël Coward theatrical canon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
addiction
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cocaine use ⓘ drug abuse ⓘ marital infidelity ⓘ mother–son relationship ⓘ narcissism ⓘ scandal ⓘ sexual hypocrisy ⓘ upper-class British society ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial depiction of drug addiction
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frank treatment of sexual themes ⓘ satire of upper-class manners ⓘ |
| originalCastingIncluded | Noël Coward in the role of Nicky Lancaster ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| premiereCity | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Everyman Theatre, Hampstead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | London high society ⓘ |
| structure | three-act play ⓘ |
| subjectOf | literary criticism on interwar British theatre ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1920s ⓘ |
| writer | Noël Coward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfPremiere | 1924 ⓘ |
| yearWritten | 1924 ⓘ |
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