Things We Do for Love
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"Things We Do for Love" is a darkly comic stage play by British dramatist Alan Ayckbourn that explores romantic entanglements and emotional cruelty among neighbors living in the same house.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Things We Do for Love canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
dark comedy
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stage play ⓘ |
| author | Alan Ayckbourn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dramaticDevice |
contrasting simultaneous action on different floors
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farce elements ⓘ physical comedy ⓘ |
| explores |
emotional manipulation
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power dynamics in relationships ⓘ self-deception in love ⓘ the gap between appearances and reality in domestic life ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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dark comedy ⓘ drama ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
middle-class professionals
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romantically entangled neighbors ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
destructive aspects of love
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romantic entanglements among neighbors ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
emotional cruelty
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infidelity ⓘ obsessive love ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | neighbors in the same house ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Alan Ayckbourn plays ⓘ |
| setting |
a house divided into flats
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contemporary England ⓘ |
| structure | three-level set showing different floors of the same house ⓘ |
| tone |
bitter-sweet
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darkly comic ⓘ satirical ⓘ |
| writer | Alan Ayckbourn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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