play "Outward Bound"

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The play "Outward Bound" is a 1923 stage drama by Sutton Vane in which a group of passengers on a mysterious ship gradually realize they are dead and bound for the afterlife.

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Outward Bound (play) 2
play "Outward Bound" canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama
fantasy play
stage play
author Sutton Vane
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
dateOfFirstPerformance 1923
dramaticDevice ensemble cast
gradual revelation that characters are dead
single confined setting on a ship
genre drama
fantasy
supernatural fiction
hasActStructure three acts
hasAdaptation Outward Bound (1930 film)
Outward Bound (1939 film)
hasCharacter Ann
Henry
Mrs. Cliveden-Banks
Reverend Duke
Scrubby
Tom Prior
the Steward
hasMoralFramework characters are judged by an Examiner after death
influencedWork Between Two Worlds (1944 film)
linked to: Between Two Worlds
isBlackAndWhiteInFilmAdaptations true
narrativeFocus group of passengers on a ship
notableProductionLocation Broadway
London West End
linked to: West End of London
originalLanguage English
originalMedium stage
periodOfOriginalSetting contemporary to early 1920s
placeOfFirstPerformance London
linked to: London, England
plotSummary A group of passengers on a mysterious ship gradually realize they are dead and bound for the afterlife.
setting a mysterious passenger ship
the afterlife
subject afterlife
death
judgment
redemption
theme class differences
confrontation with one’s past
moral judgment after death
suicide and its consequences
timePeriodOfCreation early 20th century
tone hopeful
melancholic
philosophical
writer Sutton Vane
yearOfWork 1923

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Between Two Worlds basedOn play "Outward Bound"
Outward Bound (1930 film) basedOn Outward Bound (play)
linked to: play "Outward Bound"
Outward Bound (1930 film) followsWork Outward Bound (play)
linked to: play "Outward Bound"