Forty Carats
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Forty Carats is a romantic comedy play, later adapted into a film, about a middle-aged woman who falls in love with a much younger man, noted for its witty exploration of age and relationships.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway play
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romantic comedy ⓘ stage play ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | film "Forty Carats" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptedFromWorkBy | Barillet et Grédy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Jay Presson Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| award | Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (Julie Harris) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | French play "Quarante carats" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayLeadActress | Julie Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayLeadRole | Ann Stanley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayPeriod | late 1960s ⓘ |
| broadwayRunType | commercial production ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dramaticTone |
light-hearted
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witty ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationCountryOfOrigin | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Milton Katselas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationScreenwriter | Jay Presson Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationStar |
Binnie Barnes
NERFINISHED
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Edward Albert NERFINISHED ⓘ Gene Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ Liv Ullmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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romantic comedy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | feature film ⓘ |
| hasForm | three-act play ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Ann Stanley
NERFINISHED
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Peter Latham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult theatre audiences ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
age-gap romance
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middle-aged woman in love with younger man ⓘ relationships and social conventions ⓘ |
| medium | live theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | female protagonist in midlife ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of age and relationships
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witty dialogue ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayProductionOpeningDate | 1968 ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayTheatre | Morosco Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| playwright | Jay Presson Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | David Merrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Athens, Greece
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | romance between a 40-year-old woman and a man in his twenties ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | contemporary to late 1960s ⓘ |
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