Celebration

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"Celebration" is a one-act darkly comic play by British dramatist Harold Pinter that satirizes social pretensions and power dynamics during a restaurant dinner.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Celebration canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf one-act play ⓘ
play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
author Harold Pinter ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dialogueStyle Pinteresque ⓘ
explores emotional cruelty ⓘ
verbal aggression ⓘ
firstDirector Harold Pinter ⓘ
firstPerformanceCity London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
firstPerformanceCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 2000 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
firstPerformanceTheatre Almeida Theatre ⓘ
firstProducedBy Almeida Theatre Company ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 2000 ⓘ
genre dark comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasCharacterType restaurant staff ⓘ
wealthy diners ⓘ
hasCriticalReception mixed to positive reviews ⓘ
hasDramatist Harold Pinter ⓘ
hasForm one-act play ⓘ
hasNotableProduction National Theatre production ⓘ
hasOriginalMedium stage ⓘ
hasPlaywrightNationality British ⓘ
hasStructure single continuous scene ⓘ
hasTheme abuse of power ⓘ
class conflict ⓘ
marital relationships ⓘ
sexual jealousy ⓘ
social climbing ⓘ
hasTone darkly comic ⓘ
isOftenPairedWith Party Time ⓘ
The Room ⓘ
numberOfActs 1 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Harold Pinter plays ⓘ
setting restaurant ⓘ
subjectMatter power dynamics ⓘ
social pretension ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary to its writing ⓘ
usesDevice menace beneath comedy ⓘ
non sequitur dialogue ⓘ
repetition ⓘ
writer Harold Pinter ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harold Pinter → notableWork → Celebration ⓘ
Addiction → followsInTracklist → Celebration ⓘ
Material Girl → includedIn → Celebration ⓘ