The Visit

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The Visit is a darkly comic stage musical, based on Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s play, about a wealthy woman who returns to her impoverished hometown seeking revenge, which has been produced on Broadway and internationally.

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The Visit canonical 10
The Visit (play) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical theatre work
stage musical
adaptationType stage adaptation of play
basedOn The Visit (play)
linked to: The Visit
basedOnWorkBy Friedrich Dürrenmatt
centralCharacter wealthy woman returning to hometown
centralTheme corruption
justice
revenge
countryOfFirstMajorProduction United States
genre dark comedy
musical
hasBroadwayProduction The Visit (Broadway production)
hasBroadwayRun yes
hasInternationalProductions yes
hasRevengePlot yes
hasWealthVsPovertyTheme yes
medium live theatre
narrativeFocus moral choices of a community
originalLanguage English
setting impoverished hometown
sourceWorkAuthor Friedrich Dürrenmatt
sourceWorkGenre tragicomedy play
sourceWorkOriginalLanguage German
sourceWorkTitle Der Besuch der alten Dame

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Tom Kirdahy notableWork The Visit
The Visit (1973 musical) title The Visit
subject linked to: The Visit (1973)
Deanna Dunagan notableWork The Visit
Mary Beth Peil notableWork The Visit
Jason Danieley notableWork The Visit
Graciela Daniele notableWork The Visit
Hollis Resnik performedIn The Visit
Peter Friedman theaterWork The Visit
The Visit basedOn The Visit (play)
linked to: The Visit
The Visit (Broadway) basedOn The Visit (play)
linked to: The Visit
Marc Kudisch notableWork The Visit