Bug (play)

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Bug is a psychological horror stage play by Tracy Letts that explores paranoia, conspiracy, and mental disintegration in the claustrophobic setting of a seedy motel room.

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instanceOf drama
psychological horror play
stage play
adaptedInto Bug (2006 film)
author Tracy Letts
authorOtherWorks August: Osage County
Killer Joe
character Dr. Sweet
Jerry Goss
R.C.
countryOfOrigin United States
filmAdaptationDirector William Friedkin
filmAdaptationWriter Tracy Letts
firstPerformanceDate 1996
firstPublishedIn 1990s
genre drama
psychological horror
thriller
hasCultFollowing true
hasType claustrophobic chamber piece
language English
mainCharacter Agnes White
Peter Evans
notableFor intense psychological tension
minimal single-room setting
notableProductionCity New York City
notableProductionLocation Barrow Street Theatre, New York City
originalMedium theatre
premieredAt Gate Theatre, London
premiereLocation London
linked to: London, England
setting Oklahoma
seedy motel room
structure two-act play
subject conspiracy
mental disintegration
paranoia
theme codependency
government conspiracy
isolation
psychosis
trauma
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century
USPremiereDate 1998
USPremiereLocation Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.
writer Tracy Letts

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Bug (2006 film) adaptationOf Bug (play)
subject linked to: Bug
Peter Evans basedOn Bug (play)