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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:band
gptkb:album
gptkb:play
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gptkbp:action
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two acts
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gptkbp:active_years
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1978-1983
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gptkbp:adaptation
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gptkb:film_adaptation
gptkb:film_adaptations
gptkb:Richard_Hartley
gptkb:The_Birthday_Party_(2018_film)
gptkb:BBC
gptkb:David_Aukin
gptkb:drama
gptkb:television
gptkb:film
English
90 minutes
positive reviews
theatrical
classic play adaptation
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gptkbp:adaptation_critical_reception
|
well-received
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gptkbp:adaptation_length
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90 minutes
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gptkbp:adaptation_theme
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gptkb:existentialism
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gptkbp:adaptation_year
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gptkb:1987
1987-12-01
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gptkbp:adaptations
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gptkb:film_adaptation
gptkb:radio_station
gptkb:television_adaptation
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gptkbp:adapted_into
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gptkb:radio_station
gptkb:television_adaptation
gptkb:television
gptkb:theatre_of_the_absurd
gptkb:film
gptkb:recordings
various formats
stage productions
television adaptations
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gptkbp:album
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gptkb:The_Birthday_Party:_Live_1981-1982
gptkb:The_Bad_Seed
gptkb:organized_crime
Live 1981-1982
Prayers on Fire
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gptkbp:antagonist
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gptkb:Goldberg
Mc Cann
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gptkbp:associated_act
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gptkb:The_Birthday_Party_(film)
gptkb:The_Bad_Seeds
gptkb:The_Boys_Next_Door
gptkb:Nick_Cave_and_the_Bad_Seeds
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gptkbp:audience
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cult following
academic interest
|
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gptkbp:awards
|
Tony Award nominations
none won
Olivier Award nominations
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gptkbp:cast
|
gptkb:Harold_Pinter
gptkb:Michael_Gambon
gptkb:Danny_Dyer
gptkb:David_Thewlis
gptkb:Eileen_Atkins
gptkb:Clive_Donner
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gptkbp:cast_member
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gptkb:Tom_Vaughan-Lawlor
gptkb:Peter_Wight
gptkb:Lindsay_Duncan
gptkb:David_Sibley
gptkb:Doon_Mackichan
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gptkbp:character_development
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gptkb:complex
Goldberg's manipulation
Meg's naivety
Stanley's decline
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gptkbp:character_motivation
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gptkb:survival
control
escape
Goldberg's authority
Mc Cann's loyalty to Goldberg
Stanley's fear of the unknown
Goldberg's manipulation
Goldberg's need for control
Meg's desire for companionship
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gptkbp:character_relationships
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gptkb:Stanley_and_Goldberg
complex dynamics
Goldberg and Mc Cann
Gwen and Stanley
Petey and Ruth
Stanley and Lulu
Stanley and Petey
Petey and Meg
Stanley and Meg
Stanley and Mc Cann
Stanley and Ruth
Petey and Gwen
Goldberg and Stanley
Mc Cann and Stanley
Stanley and Meg Boles
Stanley and Petey Boles
Meg and Petey
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gptkbp:characters
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gptkb:Stanley_Webber
gptkb:Goldberg
Petey Boles
Mc Cann
Meg Boles
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gptkbp:cinematography
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gptkb:Peter_Hannan
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Australia
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gptkbp:critical_reception
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mixed reviews
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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performed worldwide
influential
influenced modern theatre
considered a classic
studied in drama schools
studied in literature courses
adapted into various media
adapted into various languages
inspired various interpretations
influenced modern drama
influential in theatre
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gptkbp:director
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gptkb:Ian_Rickson
gptkb:David_Mamet
gptkb:Peter_Hall
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gptkbp:disbanded
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gptkb:1983
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gptkbp:duration
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approximately 2 hours
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gptkbp:explores
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the nature of reality
the concept of the self
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gptkbp:features
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gptkb:Stanley_Webber
gptkb:Goldberg
Petey Boles
Mc Cann
Meg Boles
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gptkbp:features_character
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gptkb:Stanley_Webber
gptkb:Goldberg
Mc Cann
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gptkbp:film_editing
|
gptkb:Harold_Pinter
gptkb:The_Birthday_Party_(1968_film)
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gptkbp:filming_location
|
gptkb:London
|
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gptkbp:first_performance
|
gptkb:Lyric_Hammersmith
gptkb:1958
gptkb:The_Lyric_Hammersmith
gptkb:London
|
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gptkbp:formed
|
gptkb:1978
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|
gptkbp:genre
|
gptkb:drama
pop rock
post-punk
noise rock
|
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gptkbp:has_been_restored
|
gptkb:Numerous_times
|
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Birthday Party
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gptkbp:influence
|
gptkb:Theatre_of_the_Absurd
grunge
alternative rock
industrial rock
goth rock
|
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gptkbp:influenced
|
contemporary playwrights
theatre directors
subsequent playwrights
actors' performances
|
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gptkbp:influenced_artists
|
gptkb:David_Mamet
gptkb:Samuel_Beckett
gptkb:Edward_Albee
gptkb:Tennessee_Williams
gptkb:Tom_Stoppard
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gptkbp:influenced_by
|
gptkb:Eugene_Ionesco
gptkb:Beckett
gptkb:Alexander_Chekhov
gptkb:The_Doors
gptkb:The_Stooges
gptkb:The_Velvet_Underground
gptkb:existentialism
gptkb:Samuel_Beckett
gptkb:Eugène_Ionesco
gptkb:Kafka
gptkb:Tennessee_Williams
gptkb:absurdism
gptkb:punk_rock
gptkb:Surrealism
Existentialism
blues
Absurdist theatre
art rock
Pinter's own experiences
The Birthday Party (band)
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gptkbp:influences
|
gptkb:The_Theatre_of_the_Absurd
gptkb:Samuel_Beckett
gptkb:Eugène_Ionesco
gptkb:Theatre_of_the_Absurd
Existentialism
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gptkbp:inspiration
|
Pinter's own experiences
|
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gptkbp:inspired_by
|
Pinter's own experiences
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gptkbp:is_a
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gptkb:play
|
|
gptkbp:is_considered
|
A classic of modern theatre
|
|
gptkbp:is_considered_as
|
a classic
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gptkbp:is_notable_for
|
Its ambiguous ending
Its dark humor
Its exploration of memory
Its use of language
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gptkbp:is_part_of
|
The Pinter Plays collection
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gptkbp:label
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gptkb:Bizarre_Records
gptkb:4_AD
gptkb:Missing_Link_Records
Dirty Hit
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gptkbp:language
|
English
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gptkbp:length
|
42:12
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gptkbp:main_character
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gptkb:Stanley_Webber
gptkb:Ruth
gptkb:Goldberg
gptkb:Gwen
Petey Boles
Mc Cann
Meg Boles
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gptkbp:member
|
gptkb:Mick_Harvey
gptkb:Nick_Cave
gptkb:Tracy_Pew
gptkb:Rowland_S._Howard
gptkb:Phil_Calvert
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gptkbp:members
|
gptkb:Mick_Harvey
gptkb:Nick_Cave
gptkb:Tracy_Pew
gptkb:Rowland_S._Howard
gptkb:Phil_Calvert
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gptkbp:music_video
|
gptkb:The_Weeping_Song
gptkb:Shivers
gptkb:Big-Jesus-Trash-Can
gptkb:Release_the_Bats
The Friend Catcher
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gptkbp:notable_actor
|
gptkb:Harold_Pinter
gptkb:Michael_Gambon
gptkb:Danny_Dyer
gptkb:Tamsin_Greig
gptkb:David_Bradley
gptkb:Ruth_Wilson
gptkb:David_Thewlis
gptkb:Kristin_Scott_Thomas
gptkb:Harriet_Walter
gptkb:Ian_Holm
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gptkbp:notable_awards
|
gptkb:none
Tony Award nominations
Olivier Award nomination
Drama Desk Award nominations
Olivier Award nominations
Evening Standard Theatre Award nominations
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gptkbp:notable_games
|
gptkb:Harold_Pinter
|
|
gptkbp:notable_performance
|
gptkb:Berlin
gptkb:London
gptkb:Melbourne
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkb:Paris
|
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gptkbp:notable_production
|
gptkb:Royal_Court_Theatre
gptkb:Broadway
gptkb:theater
gptkb:2000_London_revival
gptkb:2008_revival_at_the_Harold_Pinter_Theatre
gptkb:1967_Royal_Court_Theatre_production
gptkb:Royal_Court_Theatre_production
West End production
1992 Broadway revival
West End revival
1991 revival at the Almeida Theatre
2000 production at the Gate Theatre
2018 production at the Harold Pinter Theatre
2018 revival at the Harold Pinter Theatre
National Theatre production
2018 London revival
1999 revival at the Lyric Theatre
2017 National Theatre production
1967 London production
1999 revival at the Royal Court Theatre
1992 revival at the Almeida Theatre
2019 revival at the Harold Pinter Theatre
1991 revival at the Lyric Theatre
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gptkbp:notable_quote
|
" We are all in the same boat."
" I’m not a man, I’m a boy!"
" We’re not going to let you go!"
" What do you want?"
“ We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
" I’m not going to let you go!"
“ You’re not going to get away with it.”
“ It’s all a matter of opinion.”
" I’m not a man, I’m a woman!"
" I’m not going to let you go."
“ What’s the matter with you?”
“ I’m not a man, I’m a woman.”
" I don't want to be a part of it."
" It's all a matter of opinion."
" You can't get away from it."
" I don't want to talk about it."
" It's a birthday party, isn't it?"
" What do you think of it?"
" It’s all a matter of time."
" I’m not a man of violence."
" You’re not going to get away with it."
" I am not a number!"
" It's my birthday!"
" You can't do this to me!"
" It’s all a matter of opinion."
“ I’m not a man, I’m a birthday party.”
“ What do you want?”
" You’re not going to get away with it!"
“ I’m not going to tell you anything.”
“ You’re not going to get me, you know.”
" It's a funny old world."
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gptkbp:notable_song
|
gptkb:The_Weeping_Song
gptkb:The_Mercy_Seat
gptkb:The_Ship_Song
gptkb:The_Hair_Shirt_Song
gptkb:Shivers
gptkb:Big-Jesus-Trash-Can
gptkb:Release_the_Bats
She's Hit
The Dim Locator
The Friend Catcher
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gptkbp:notable_tracks
|
gptkb:Roadkill
gptkb:The_1975
gptkb:Frail_State_of_Mind
gptkb:If_You’re_Too_Shy_(Let_Me_Know)
gptkb:The_Birthday_Party
gptkb:The_End_(Music_for_Cars)
Me & You Together Song
Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America
I Think There's Something You Should Know
Having No Head
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gptkbp:number_of_acts
|
gptkb:3
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|
gptkbp:origin
|
gptkb:Australia
|
|
gptkbp:original_language
|
English
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gptkbp:performance
|
performed worldwide
|
|
gptkbp:performance_style
|
minimalist
realism
realistic
intense
theatrical
dark comedy
chaotic
surrealistic
absurdist theatre
absurdist
|
|
gptkbp:performed_by
|
various theatre companies
many theatre companies
|
|
gptkbp:performed_in
|
gptkb:West_End
gptkb:various_countries
gptkb:Broadway
gptkb:theater
Worldwide
multiple languages
theatre festivals
international venues
theatres worldwide
international theatres
|
|
gptkbp:plot
|
themes of existential dread
a birthday party for Stanley Webber
the ambiguity of reality
the arrival of two mysterious men
the interrogation of Stanley Webber
a man is terrorized by two strangers
the significance of the birthday party
the themes of memory and reality
|
|
gptkbp:plot_point
|
the climax of the play
arrival of Goldberg and Mc Cann
Stanley's birthday celebration
Stanley's interrogation
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|
gptkbp:preceded_by
|
gptkb:Notes_on_a_Conditional_Form
|
|
gptkbp:premiere_location
|
gptkb:Lyric_Hammersmith
|
|
gptkbp:premiered_on
|
gptkb:1958
gptkb:2017
|
|
gptkbp:produced_by
|
gptkb:theater
|
|
gptkbp:published_by
|
gptkb:Faber_and_Faber
gptkb:Grove_Press
|
|
gptkbp:published_in
|
gptkb:1960
|
|
gptkbp:related_works
|
gptkb:The_Birthday_Party_(film)
gptkb:The_Caretaker
gptkb:The_Dumb_Waiter
gptkb:The_Homecoming
|
|
gptkbp:release_date
|
2020-05-22
|
|
gptkbp:reunion
|
gptkb:2006
gptkb:2018
|
|
gptkbp:revived_in
|
various decades
|
|
gptkbp:runtime
|
approximately 2 hours
|
|
gptkbp:set_in
|
a boarding house
A seaside boarding house
|
|
gptkbp:setting
|
gptkb:Board_of_Education
a seaside boarding house
|
|
gptkbp:single
|
gptkb:Release_the_Bats
She's Hit
The Dim Locator
The Friend Catcher
|
|
gptkbp:style
|
minimalist
absurdist
absurdist comedy
|
|
gptkbp:succeeded_by
|
gptkb:Being_Funny_in_a_Foreign_Language
|
|
gptkbp:symbolism
|
the concept of identity
the blindfold
the piano
the birthday party itself
the cake
the room
the concept of reality
the arrival of strangers
the visitors
the characters' interactions
the seaside setting
the characters' names
|
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gptkbp:thematic_element
|
isolation
confusion
fear
|
|
gptkbp:themes
|
gptkb:power
gptkb:Isolation
gptkb:absurdism
gptkb:identity
isolation
fear
power dynamics
absurdity
|
|
gptkbp:track_count
|
gptkb:11
|
|
gptkbp:translated_into
|
Multiple languages
|
|
gptkbp:website
|
http://www.thebirthdayparty.com
|
|
gptkbp:won_award
|
BAFTA nomination
|
|
gptkbp:written_by
|
gptkb:Harold_Pinter
|
|
gptkbp:years_active
|
1978-1983
|
|
gptkbp:bfsParent
|
gptkb:Harold_Pinter
gptkb:Jessica_Lange
|
|
gptkbp:bfsLayer
|
3
|