God of Carnage

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God of Carnage is a darkly comic stage play by Yasmina Reza that explores the breakdown of civilized behavior when two sets of parents meet to discuss a playground fight between their sons.

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instanceOf dark comedy
film
stage play
adaptedInto Carnage (film)
linked to: Carnage
author Yasmina Reza
awardReceived Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy
Tony Award for Best Play
broadwayCastMember Hope Davis
James Gandolfini
Jeff Daniels
Marcia Gay Harden
broadwayClosingDate 2010-06-06
broadwayDirector Matthew Warchus
broadwayOpeningDate 2009-03-22
broadwayTheatre Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
characters Alain Reille
Annette Reille
Michel Vallon
Veronique Vallon
countryOfOrigin France
director Roman Polanski
genre black comedy
satire
hasSubject parents meeting about a playground fight
languageOfFirstProduction German
notableFeature real-time action
single-location setting
notableProduction 2008 West End production
2009 Broadway production
numberOfActs 1
numberOfCharacters 4
originalLanguage French
originalTitle Le Dieu du carnage
premiereDate 2006
premiereLocation Zürich
linked to: Zurich
releaseYear 2011
setting a living room in Paris
subject civility and violence
conflict resolution
middle-class society
parenting
theme breakdown of civilized behavior
hypocrisy
social pretension
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary
translatedBy Christopher Hampton
westEndDirector Matthew Warchus
yearOfAward 2009

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Carnage basedOn God of Carnage
Marcia Gay Harden tonyAwardFor God of Carnage
Russell Dykstra notableWork God of Carnage
Yasmina Reza notableWork God of Carnage
Penelope Longstreet appearsInPlay God of Carnage