The Birthday Party (original production)
GPTKB entity
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
theatrical play
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| gptkbp:adaptation |
film adaptation
television adaptation radio adaptation |
| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Stanley_and_Goldberg
Goldberg_and_McCann Petey_and_Meg Stanley_and_McCann Stanley_and_Meg Stanley_and_Petey |
| gptkbp:criticalReception |
initially mixed reviews
later regarded as a classic |
| gptkbp:culturalImpact |
performed worldwide
influenced pop culture referenced in literature studied in drama schools adapted into various formats |
| gptkbp:genre |
drama
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| gptkbp:hasPerformance |
gptkb:Lyric_Hammersmith
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
The Birthday Party (original production)
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| gptkbp:influence |
modern theatre
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| gptkbp:influenced |
subsequent playwrights
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
Theatre of the Absurd
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| gptkbp:inspiration |
the_Pinteresque_style
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| gptkbp:language |
English
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| gptkbp:mainCharacter |
gptkb:Stanley_Webber
gptkb:Goldberg McCann Meg_Boles Petey_Boles |
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
gptkb:Royal_Court_Theatre
gptkb:Broadway West End |
| gptkbp:notableQuote |
"What do you want?"
"It’s all a matter of opinion." "I’m not a man, I’m a boy!" "We’re not going to hurt you." "You’re not going to get away with it." |
| gptkbp:officialLanguage |
English
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| gptkbp:premieredOn |
1958
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| gptkbp:publishedIn |
1960
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| gptkbp:setting |
a seaside boarding house
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| gptkbp:theme |
identity
power dynamics absurdity |
| gptkbp:wrote |
gptkb:Harold_Pinter
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