Absurd Person Singular
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Absurd Person Singular is a darkly comic stage play by Alan Ayckbourn that follows three couples through successive Christmas gatherings, exposing the tensions and social climbing beneath their middle-class respectability.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Absurd Person Singular canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dark comedy
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stage play ⓘ |
| author | Alan Ayckbourn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| BroadwayOpeningYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| BroadwayTheatre | Music Box Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| dramaticForm |
realist comedy
ⓘ
three-act play ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCity | Scarborough NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceTheatre | Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| follows | three couples ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
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comedy ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| hasMotiveForCharacters |
economic security
ⓘ
social advancement ⓘ |
| hasProductionType | ensemble cast ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation
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emotional cruelty ⓘ failure of communication ⓘ social pretension ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | exposing tensions beneath middle-class respectability ⓘ |
| notableFor |
increasingly bleak comic tone across acts
ⓘ
use of offstage action to reveal social dynamics ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 3 ⓘ |
| numberOfMainCharacters | 6 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Alan Ayckbourn's body of work ⓘ |
| periodOfSetting | contemporary to early 1970s Britain ⓘ |
| setting | successive Christmas gatherings ⓘ |
| structure | each act set in a different couple's kitchen ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
class anxiety
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marital tension ⓘ middle-class life ⓘ social climbing ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult theatre audiences ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfStory | three consecutive Christmas Eves ⓘ |
| tone | darkly comic ⓘ |
| transferredTo |
Broadway
NERFINISHED
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West End NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalStagingLocation | kitchen interior set GENERATED ⓘ |
| WestEndOpeningYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| writer | Alan Ayckbourn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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