How the Other Half Loves
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"How the Other Half Loves" is a 1969 stage comedy by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn that farcically intertwines the marital troubles of three couples through overlapping dinner parties.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
farce
ⓘ
stage play ⓘ |
| author | Alan Ayckbourn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1969 ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
farce ⓘ |
| hasAudience | West End theatre audiences ⓘ |
| hasCharacterGroup |
Bob and Teresa Phillips
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frank and Fiona Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ William and Mary Featherstone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDramaticForm | well-made play with farcical elements ⓘ |
| hasRevivalsIn |
London
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York NERFINISHED ⓘ regional theatres worldwide ⓘ |
| hasStageTechnique | simultaneous action in different times and places on one set ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
breakdown of communication in marriage
ⓘ
class and social aspiration ⓘ farce arising from mistaken assumptions ⓘ infidelity ⓘ |
| isInCatalogueOf | Stephen Joseph Theatre (Ayckbourn canon) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary British theatre ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
overlapping dinner party scenes played simultaneously
ⓘ
single set representing two homes at once ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 2 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Alan Ayckbourn plays ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| setting |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| structure | intertwined stories of three couples ⓘ |
| subject |
adultery
ⓘ
domestic life ⓘ marriage ⓘ middle-class life ⓘ miscommunication ⓘ social class differences ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWork | late 1960s ⓘ |
| typicalOf | Alan Ayckbourn’s early work ⓘ |
| writer | Alan Ayckbourn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.