Intimate Apparel

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Intimate Apparel is a critically acclaimed play by Lynn Nottage that explores race, class, gender, and desire in early 20th-century New York through the story of a Black seamstress.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Intimate Apparel canonical 14
Intimate Apparel (opera) 2
Act I of Intimate Apparel 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
adaptationPremiereYear 2022 ⓘ
adaptedInto Intimate Apparel (opera) ⓘ
linked to: Intimate Apparel
author Lynn Nottage ⓘ
awardReceived New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play ⓘ
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play ⓘ
Steinberg New Play Award ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
exploresIssue constraints on women ⓘ
cross-cultural relationships ⓘ
intersections of race and class ⓘ
labor and domestic work ⓘ
sexual desire and repression ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ
period piece ⓘ
hasAdaptation Intimate Apparel (opera) ⓘ
linked to: Intimate Apparel
hasCharacter Esther ⓘ
George ⓘ
Mayme ⓘ
linked to: Mayme Kelso

Mr. Marks ⓘ
Mrs. Dickson ⓘ
Mrs. Van Buren ⓘ
isCriticallyAcclaimed true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterProducedAt Off-Broadway ⓘ
Roundabout Theatre Company ⓘ
mainCharacter Esther ⓘ
premiereLocation Baltimore ⓘ
premiereTheatre CenterStage ⓘ
premiereYear 2003 ⓘ
protagonistEthnicity Black ⓘ
protagonistOccupation seamstress ⓘ
settingCountry United States ⓘ
settingLocation New York City ⓘ
settingTimePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
settingYearApproximate 1905 ⓘ
theme African American experience ⓘ
class ⓘ
desire ⓘ
economic struggle ⓘ
female independence ⓘ
gender ⓘ
immigration ⓘ
intimacy ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
race ⓘ
social mobility ⓘ
writer Lynn Nottage ⓘ

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Lynn Nottage → notableWork → Intimate Apparel ⓘ
Lynn Nottage → wrote → Intimate Apparel ⓘ
Intimate Apparel → hasAdaptation → Intimate Apparel (opera) ⓘ
linked to: Intimate Apparel
Intimate Apparel → adaptedInto → Intimate Apparel (opera) ⓘ
linked to: Intimate Apparel
Jonathan Hadary → notableWork → Intimate Apparel ⓘ
George → characterInPlay → Intimate Apparel ⓘ
George → appearsInWork → Intimate Apparel ⓘ
George → workTitle → Intimate Apparel ⓘ
Esther → appearsInWork → Intimate Apparel ⓘ
Esther → protagonistOf → Intimate Apparel ⓘ
Mrs. Van Buren → appearsIn → Intimate Apparel ⓘ
Mrs. Van Buren → firstAppearance → Intimate Apparel ⓘ
Mr. Marks → characterInWork → Intimate Apparel ⓘ
Mr. Marks → appearsIn → Intimate Apparel ⓘ
Mrs. Dickson → characterInWork → Intimate Apparel ⓘ
Mrs. Dickson → appearsIn → Intimate Apparel ⓘ
Mrs. Dickson → appearsInAct → Act I of Intimate Apparel ⓘ
linked to: Intimate Apparel
Mrs. Dickson → appearsInAct → Act II of Intimate Apparel ⓘ
linked to: Intimate Apparel