Evening at the Talk House

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Evening at the Talk House is a darkly satirical play by Wallace Shawn that explores nostalgia, complicity, and state-sanctioned violence through a reunion of theater colleagues in a dystopian society.

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instanceOf play ⓘ
television film ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
author Wallace Shawn NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Evening at the Talk House NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Scott Elliott NERFINISHED ⓘ
directorOfPremiere Ian Rickson NERFINISHED ⓘ
explores banality of evil ⓘ
moral responsibility under authoritarianism ⓘ
social conformity ⓘ
the decline of the theater world ⓘ
firstProductionCountry United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstProductionLocation London NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstProductionTheatre National Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstProductionYear 2015 ⓘ
genre dark satire ⓘ
drama ⓘ
hasAdaptation Evening at the Talk House (television film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacter Annette NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bill NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dick NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jane NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nellie NERFINISHED ⓘ
Robert NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ted NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Waine NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubject authoritarian politics ⓘ
entertainment industry ⓘ
ethical complicity ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium stage play ⓘ
network BBC Two NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor depiction of normalized political violence ⓘ
ensemble dialogue-driven structure ⓘ
premiereMedium stage ⓘ
publisher Grove Press NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseYear 2017 ⓘ
screenwriter Wallace Shawn NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting a reunion of theater colleagues ⓘ
dystopian society ⓘ
the Talk House club NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme complicity ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
state-sanctioned violence ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting near future ⓘ
writer Wallace Shawn NERFINISHED ⓘ

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