Communicating Doors
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Communicating Doors is a time-traveling comic thriller play by Alan Ayckbourn that blends farce, suspense, and science fiction as it follows a dominatrix who uses a mysterious hotel door to move between decades and try to prevent multiple murders.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic thriller play
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science fiction play ⓘ stage play ⓘ time-travel play ⓘ |
| author | Alan Ayckbourn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dramaticConflict | preventing multiple murders through time travel ⓘ |
| form | full-length play ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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farce ⓘ science fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasAntagonist |
Julian
NERFINISHED
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Reece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasElement |
door-based stage mechanics
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mystery ⓘ plot twists ⓘ slapstick ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
fate and destiny
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murder ⓘ redemption ⓘ time travel ⓘ violence against women ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
changing the past
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consequences of choices ⓘ female solidarity ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult theatre audiences ⓘ |
| intendedMedium | live theatre ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Poopay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | dominatrix ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | time-traveling hotel door ⓘ |
| narrativeTone | darkly comic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combining farce with time travel
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strong roles for women ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Alan Ayckbourn plays ⓘ |
| protagonistGoal | to save the other women from being killed ⓘ |
| setting | London hotel suite ⓘ |
| structure | nonlinear timeline ⓘ |
| theatricalStyle |
comic suspense
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fast-paced farce ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1970s
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1990s ⓘ 2020s ⓘ |
| usesDevice | mysterious communicating door ⓘ |
| writer | Alan Ayckbourn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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