As Bees in Honey Drown

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As Bees in Honey Drown is a satirical stage play by Douglas Carter Beane that skewers celebrity culture and the lure of fame through the story of a young writer seduced by a glamorous con artist.

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instanceOf comedy
stage play
author Douglas Carter Beane NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstProductionDate 1997
firstProductionLocation Off-Broadway NERFINISHED
firstPublishedIn 1990s
genre comedy
drama
satire
hasActStructure two acts
hasCharacter Alexa Vere de Vere NERFINISHED
Evan Wyler NERFINISHED
Illya NERFINISHED
Morris NERFINISHED
Ron NERFINISHED
Skunk
hasDialogueForm contemporary American English
hasForm full-length play
hasReception critical acclaim Off-Broadway
hasRightsHolder Douglas Carter Beane NERFINISHED
hasStyle fast-paced dialogue
pop-culture references
satirical tone
hasTargetAudience adult theatre audiences
hasTopic LGBT themes
entertainment industry
publishing industry
isAbout a young writer seduced by a glamorous con artist
language English
mainCharacter Alexa Vere de Vere NERFINISHED
Evan Wyler NERFINISHED
medium theatre
notableProduction 1997 Off-Broadway production at the Lucille Lortel Theatre
originalProductionType Off-Broadway production
premiereTheatre Lucille Lortel Theatre NERFINISHED
setting New York City
subject artistic ambition
celebrity culture
con artists
fame
identity
theme cost of success
illusion versus reality
manipulation
the lure of fame
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century
writer Douglas Carter Beane NERFINISHED

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