A Small Family Business
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A Small Family Business is a darkly comic stage play by British dramatist Alan Ayckbourn that satirically explores corruption and moral compromise within a seemingly ordinary middle-class family.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Small Family Business canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dark comedy
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stage play ⓘ |
| author | Alan Ayckbourn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | full-length play ⓘ |
| dramaticStyle |
realism
ⓘ
social satire ⓘ |
| explores |
corruption in small-scale enterprise
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the clash between personal morality and financial gain ⓘ the façade of respectability ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
a family-run business
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a middle-class family ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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dark comedy ⓘ family drama ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasAudience | theatre audiences ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
business owner
ⓘ
family members ⓘ |
| hasForm | dialogue-driven drama ⓘ |
| intendedMedium | stage ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Alan Ayckbourn plays ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
business ethics
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corruption ⓘ greed ⓘ hypocrisy ⓘ middle-class values ⓘ moral compromise ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | linear narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| setting | contemporary Britain ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
business corruption
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family relationships ⓘ middle-class life ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly comic
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satirical ⓘ |
| writer | Alan Ayckbourn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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