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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:play
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gptkbp:adaptation
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gptkb:film_adaptation
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gptkbp:adaptation_year
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gptkb:1968
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gptkbp:author
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gptkb:Harold_Pinter
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gptkbp:character_motivation
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Goldberg’s need for control
Mc Cann’s loyalty to Goldberg
Stanley’s fear of the unknown
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gptkbp:character_relationships
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Goldberg and Mc Cann
Stanley and Lulu
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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
studied in drama schools
influenced playwrights
adapted into various languages
inspired academic analysis
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gptkbp:director
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gptkb:William_Friedkin
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gptkbp:first_performance
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gptkb:Lyric_Hammersmith
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:drama
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Birthday Party (1957)
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gptkbp:influence
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gptkb:Theater_of_the_Absurd
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gptkbp:influenced
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modern drama
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Samuel_Beckett
gptkb:Kafka
gptkb:Freud
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:main_character
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gptkb:Stanley_Webber
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gptkbp:notable_character
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gptkb:Goldberg
gptkb:Lulu
Mc Cann
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gptkbp:notable_production
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gptkb:Royal_Court_Theatre
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gptkbp:notable_quote
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“ It’s all a matter of time.”
“ I’m not a man.”
“ We are all in the same boat.”
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gptkbp:original_language
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English
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gptkbp:premiere_date
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gptkb:1957
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gptkbp:published_in
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gptkb:The_Birthday_Party_and_Other_Plays
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gptkbp:release_year
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gptkb:1968
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gptkbp:revival
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2018 revival at the Harold Pinter Theatre
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gptkbp:setting
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a seaside boarding house
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gptkbp:style
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absurdist
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gptkbp:symbolism
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the concept of reality
the arrival of strangers
the birthday party
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gptkbp:thematic_element
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loss of identity
existential dread
absurdity of life
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gptkbp:theme
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gptkb:power
gptkb:identity
fear
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Harold_Pinter
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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