A Chorus of Disapproval

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A Chorus of Disapproval is a comedic stage play by British dramatist Alan Ayckbourn that follows an amateur operatic society whose production of The Beggar’s Opera mirrors the tangled personal lives and deceptions of its members.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf stage play
author Alan Ayckbourn
basedOn The Beggar’s Opera (as internal production)
linked to: The Beggar's Opera
centralConflict tension between public performance and private lives
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
dramaticForm ensemble piece
realist comedy
filmAdaptationCountry United Kingdom
filmAdaptationDirector Michael Winner
filmAdaptationLanguage English
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1989
firstPerformanceCountry United Kingdom
firstPerformanceLocation Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round, Scarborough
firstPerformanceYear 1984
genre comedy
satire
hasAdaptation A Chorus of Disapproval (film)
hasCharacter Bridget Baines
Crispin Usher
Dafydd ap Llewellyn
Enid Washbrook
Fay Hubbard
Guy Jones
Hannah Llewellyn
Ian Hubbard
Jarvis Huntley-Pike
Linda Washbrook
Rebecca Huntley-Pike
Ted Washbrook
intendedMedium live theatre
narrativeDevice play within a play
notableFor interweaving of The Beggar’s Opera with contemporary plot
originalLanguage English
partOf Alan Ayckbourn plays
playwright Alan Ayckbourn
setIn England
structure two-act play
subject The Beggar’s Opera
linked to: The Beggar's Opera

amateur operatic society
theme amateur theatre
deception
hypocrisy
middle-class life
romantic entanglements
timePeriodOfCreation 1980s
typicalProductionVenue proscenium theatre
usesMotif art imitating life

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Alan Ayckbourn notableWork A Chorus of Disapproval
A Chorus of Disapproval hasAdaptation A Chorus of Disapproval (film)
linked to: A Chorus of Disapproval
Nigel Harman notableWork A Chorus of Disapproval