Brewster family home
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The Brewster family home is the central, darkly comic household in the play "Arsenic and Old Lace," where an eccentric family’s murderous secrets unfold.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional house
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theatrical setting ⓘ |
| adaptedIn | Arsenic and Old Lace (1944 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Arsenic and Old Lace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedCharacter |
Abby Brewster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jonathan Brewster NERFINISHED ⓘ Martha Brewster NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortimer Brewster NERFINISHED ⓘ Teddy Brewster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedFamily | Brewster family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
cellar used to bury victims
ⓘ
windows used for comic business and entrances ⓘ |
| createdBy | Joseph Kesselring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
confining space that heightens farcical timing
ⓘ
site of mistaken identities and surprise discoveries ⓘ |
| filmPortrayal | house interior set in the 1944 film adaptation ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Arsenic and Old Lace (1941 stage premiere) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreContext |
black comedy
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dark comedy ⓘ |
| locatedInFiction |
Brooklyn
NERFINISHED
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New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central setting
ⓘ
primary location of action ⓘ |
| ownershipInFiction |
Abby Brewster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Martha Brewster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotFunction |
location where the Brewster sisters commit murders
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place where Mortimer discovers his aunts’ crimes ⓘ site of hidden graves in the cellar ⓘ |
| theatricalDesignElement |
includes access to cellar
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includes front door used for entrances and exits ⓘ includes visible staircase ⓘ single-set living room ⓘ |
| themeRelation |
juxtaposition of normalcy and insanity
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satire of respectable family life ⓘ |
| timeSetting | 20th century ⓘ |
| toneContribution |
contrast between cozy domesticity and murder
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darkly comic atmosphere ⓘ |
| usedFor | housing lonely old men before murdering them ⓘ |
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