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gptkbp:instanceOf
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play
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gptkbp:adaptation
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radio play
stage revival
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gptkbp:adaptedInto
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film
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gptkbp:character
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Graham
Joan
Edgar
Danny
The Student
Mrs._Butley
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gptkbp:characterDevelopment
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gptkb:Ben_Butley
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gptkbp:criticalReception
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mixed
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gptkbp:culturalImpact
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gptkb:British_theatre
post-war literature
1970s drama
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gptkbp:filmography
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1974
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gptkbp:genre
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drama
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Butley
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:David_Mamet
gptkb:The_Birthday_Party
gptkb:Noel_Coward
The Caretaker
Tom Stoppard
The Homecoming
The Dumb Waiter
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Harold_Pinter
gptkb:Samuel_Beckett
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:mainCharacter
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gptkb:Ben_Butley
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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1971 Royal Court Theatre
1974 film adaptation
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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gptkb:Broadway
West End
betrayal
loneliness
Evening Standard Theatre Award
disillusionment
intellectualism
self-destruction
Tony_Award_nomination
Olivier_Award_nomination
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gptkbp:notableQuote
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"I am a teacher, and I am a failure."
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gptkbp:numberOfStudents
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2
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gptkbp:officialLanguage
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English
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gptkbp:premieredOn
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1971
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gptkbp:publishedBy
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Faber and Faber
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gptkbp:setting
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gptkb:London
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gptkbp:style
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realism
absurdist
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gptkbp:thematicElement
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existentialism
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gptkbp:theme
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relationships
failure
identity
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gptkbp:wrote
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gptkb:Simon_Gray
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