The Cocktail Party

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:play
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:film_adaptation
gptkb:radio_station
gptkbp:adapted_into gptkb:radio_station
gptkb:television
gptkbp:author gptkb:T._S._Eliot
gptkbp:awards Tony Award nominations
Olivier Award nominations
gptkbp:character_arc Edward's journey
Julia's journey
Lavinia's journey
Sir Henry's journey
gptkbp:character_development complex characters
gptkbp:conflict individual vs society
personal vs social expectations
gptkbp:critical_reception mixed reviews
gptkbp:cultural_impact influenced later playwrights
addressed existential questions
examined human relationships
influenced social norms
reflected post-war society
explored themes of alienation
gptkbp:first_performance gptkb:1949
gptkbp:genre gptkb:drama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Cocktail Party
gptkbp:influence modern drama
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:literary_criticism
theatre studies
subsequent playwrights
psychological analysis of characters
gptkbp:inspiration Eliot's own experiences
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:length three acts
gptkbp:main_theme gptkb:social_interaction
gptkbp:notable_character gptkb:Edward_Chamberlayne
gptkb:Lavinia_Chamberlayne
gptkb:Julia
The Uninvited Guest
Sir Henry
Mrs. Mc Alpin
Peter Quilpe
gptkbp:notable_production gptkb:Broadway
1951 production
2000 revival
1980 revival
Royal National Theatre production
gptkbp:notable_quote " We are all in the same boat."
" The past is a foreign country."
" We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
" The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."
" We are all strangers here."
" I am not a man of the world."
" What is the use of being a good host?"
gptkbp:performance gptkb:West_End
gptkb:Broadway
performed worldwide
revived multiple times
gptkbp:premiere_date gptkb:1949
gptkbp:premiere_location gptkb:Lyric_Theatre,_Hammersmith
gptkbp:published_by gptkb:Faber_and_Faber
gptkbp:published_in gptkb:1949
gptkbp:setting gptkb:London
gptkbp:structure three acts
gptkbp:style gptkb:Modernist
realism
symbolism
absurdist elements
gptkbp:symbolism the cocktail party itself
gptkbp:thematic_element gptkb:marriage
gptkb:betrayal
gptkb:communication
gptkb:identity
isolation
gptkbp:themes gptkb:marriage
gptkb:existentialism
gptkb:communication
gptkb:identity
gptkbp:written_by gptkb:T._S._Eliot
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:T._S._Eliot
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4