Race (play)
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Race is a 2009 courtroom drama play by David Mamet that explores themes of racism, power, and the American legal system through the story of lawyers defending a white man accused of raping a Black woman.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Race (play) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11319070 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Race (play) Context triple: [David Alan Grier, notableWork, Race (play)]
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Dutchman
"Dutchman" is a 1964 one-act play by Amiri Baraka that confronts racism and violence in American society through a tense, symbolic encounter on a New York City subway.
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B.
Four Plays in One
Four Plays in One is a collaborative Jacobean-era stage work consisting of four short plays by the English dramatists Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher.
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C.
The Ringer (play)
The Ringer (play) is a stage adaptation of Edgar Wallace’s crime story about a mysterious master of disguise who outwits both criminals and the police.
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D.
The Women (play)
The Women is a 1936 satirical comedy play by Clare Boothe Luce that portrays the lives, rivalries, and romantic entanglements of a group of wealthy New York women, notable for its all-female cast.
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E.
Clouds (play)
Clouds is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes that satirizes Socrates and the intellectual fashions of classical Athens.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Race (play) Target entity description: Race is a 2009 courtroom drama play by David Mamet that explores themes of racism, power, and the American legal system through the story of lawyers defending a white man accused of raping a Black woman.
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A.
Dutchman
"Dutchman" is a 1964 one-act play by Amiri Baraka that confronts racism and violence in American society through a tense, symbolic encounter on a New York City subway.
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B.
Four Plays in One
Four Plays in One is a collaborative Jacobean-era stage work consisting of four short plays by the English dramatists Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher.
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C.
The Ringer (play)
The Ringer (play) is a stage adaptation of Edgar Wallace’s crime story about a mysterious master of disguise who outwits both criminals and the police.
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D.
The Women (play)
The Women is a 1936 satirical comedy play by Clare Boothe Luce that portrays the lives, rivalries, and romantic entanglements of a group of wealthy New York women, notable for its all-female cast.
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E.
Clouds (play)
Clouds is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes that satirizes Socrates and the intellectual fashions of classical Athens.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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stage work ⓘ |
| author | David Mamet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayPreviewsStartDate | 2009-11-16 ⓘ |
| broadwayRunEndDate | 2010-08-21 ⓘ |
| broadwayRunStartDate | 2009-12-06 ⓘ |
| character |
Charles Strickland
NERFINISHED
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Henry Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Lawson NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| directorOfPremiereProduction | David Mamet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 2009-11-16 ⓘ |
| follows | lawyers defending a white man accused of raping a Black woman ⓘ |
| genre |
courtroom drama
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasBroadwayProduction | Race (Broadway production, 2009–2010) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
United States courtroom context
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law office ⓘ |
| hasSubsequentProduction |
international productions
ⓘ
regional theatre productions in the United States ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 1 ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayCastMember |
David Alan Grier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Spader NERFINISHED ⓘ Kerry Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayTheatre | Ethel Barrymore Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | David Mamet’s body of work ⓘ |
| premiereCity | New York City ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Ethel Barrymore Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producerOfBroadwayProduction |
Jeffrey Richards
NERFINISHED
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Jerry Frankel NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonard Soloway NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Traxler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
American legal system
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power dynamics ⓘ racism ⓘ rape accusation ⓘ |
| theme |
legal ethics
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media and public perception ⓘ racial prejudice ⓘ truth and manipulation ⓘ |
| writer | David Mamet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 2009 ⓘ |
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Subject: Race (play) Description of subject: Race is a 2009 courtroom drama play by David Mamet that explores themes of racism, power, and the American legal system through the story of lawyers defending a white man accused of raping a Black woman.
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