No Man's Land

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No Man's Land is a 1975 play by Harold Pinter that blends memory, ambiguity, and dark humor in a tense encounter between two aging writers.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
No Man's Land canonical 2
No Man's Land (2016–2017 UK and US tour) 1
No Man's Land (play) 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
author Harold Pinter ⓘ
characterInPlay Briggs ⓘ
Foster ⓘ
Hirst ⓘ
Spooner ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Harold Pinter ⓘ
dateOfPremiere 1975-04-23 ⓘ
firstPublisher Eyre Methuen ⓘ
genre absurdist theatre ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ
drama ⓘ
hasDialogueStyle elliptical ⓘ
pauses and silences ⓘ
hasMedium stage ⓘ
hasPerformanceHistory frequently revived on stage ⓘ
hasReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
hasTimePeriodOfSetting 20th century ⓘ
hasType comedy of menace ⓘ
memory play ⓘ
isPartOfCanonOf Harold Pinter ⓘ
movement postwar British drama ⓘ
notableFor blend of memory and reality ⓘ
dark humor ⓘ
use of ambiguity ⓘ
numberOfActs 2 ⓘ
numberOfCharacters 4 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Harold Pinter's late plays ⓘ
placeOfPremiere London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Old Vic Theatre ⓘ
publicationYear 1975 ⓘ
setting a house in Hampstead ⓘ
subject alcohol ⓘ
social class ⓘ
writers ⓘ
subjectMatter encounter between two aging writers ⓘ
theme aging ⓘ
ambiguity ⓘ
identity ⓘ
memory ⓘ
power dynamics ⓘ
writer Harold Pinter ⓘ
yearOfWork 1975 ⓘ

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Harold Pinter → notableWork → No Man's Land ⓘ
No Man's Land (stage performances) → basedOn → No Man's Land (play) ⓘ
linked to: No Man's Land
No Man's Land (stage performances) → notableProduction → No Man's Land (2016–2017 UK and US tour) ⓘ
linked to: No Man's Land
Power Up → hasPart → No Man’s Land ⓘ
linked to: No Man's Land