A Delicate Balance
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A Delicate Balance is a Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Edward Albee that explores the fragility of family relationships and the existential anxieties underlying upper-middle-class life.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Delicate Balance canonical | 4 |
| A Delicate Balance (1973 film) | 1 |
| A Delicate Balance (2014 Broadway revival) | 1 |
| The Real Thing | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: A Delicate Balance Context triple: [Edward Albee, notableWork, A Delicate Balance]
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Long Day’s Journey into Night
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Another Country
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The Iceman Cometh
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All My Sons
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The Dresser
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: A Delicate Balance Target entity description: A Delicate Balance is a Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Edward Albee that explores the fragility of family relationships and the existential anxieties underlying upper-middle-class life.
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A.
Long Day’s Journey into Night
Long Day’s Journey into Night is a landmark autobiographical drama by Eugene O’Neill that portrays a single day of escalating conflict and addiction within a troubled American family.
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B.
Another Country
Another Country is a 1962 novel by James Baldwin that explores race, sexuality, and complex human relationships in mid-20th-century America.
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C.
The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh is a 1939 play by American dramatist Eugene O’Neill that portrays a group of down-and-out barflies confronting their shattered illusions when visited by a charismatic salesman.
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D.
All My Sons
All My Sons is a critically acclaimed 1947 stage play by Arthur Miller that explores themes of family, guilt, and moral responsibility in post-World War II America.
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E.
The Dresser
The Dresser is a 1983 British drama film, adapted from Ronald Harwood’s play, about the complex relationship between an aging Shakespearean actor and his devoted dresser during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ |
| author | Edward Albee ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ |
| basedOn | original work by Edward Albee ⓘ |
| character |
Agnes
ⓘ
Claire ⓘ Edna ⓘ Harry ⓘ Julia ⓘ Tobias ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Alan Schneider ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
tragicomedy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
A Delicate Balance
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
A Delicate Balance (1973 film)
A Delicate Balance self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
A Delicate Balance (2014 Broadway revival)
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| hasPart |
Act I
ⓘ
Act II ⓘ Act III ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American drama ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
New York
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| mainSubject |
existential anxiety
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family relationships ⓘ upper-middle-class life ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Edward Albee ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Edward Albee’s dramatic oeuvre ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPerformance |
Broadway
ⓘ
Martin Beck Theatre ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1966-09-12 ⓘ |
| producer |
Clinton Wilder
ⓘ
Richard Barr ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
ⓘ
surface form:
Atheneum Publishers
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| setting | suburban upper-middle-class home ⓘ |
| theme |
alcoholism
ⓘ
breakdown of communication ⓘ emotional repression ⓘ fear of change ⓘ friendship and obligation ⓘ security and instability ⓘ |
| timePeriod | contemporary to its writing ⓘ |
| writer | Edward Albee ⓘ |
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