Act Two of Chess

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Act Two of Chess is the second act of the 1980s concept album-turned-musical Chess, in which the story’s romantic and political tensions intensify against the backdrop of international chess competition.

All labels observed (2)

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Act II of Chess 1
Act Two of Chess canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical theatre act ⓘ
basedOn Chess (concept album) ⓘ
linked to: Chess (musical)
chronologicallySetIn Cold War era ⓘ
linked to: Cold War
concludesWork original stage version of Chess ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dramaticStructureRole resolution of main conflicts in Chess ⓘ
featuresCharacter Anatoly Sergievsky ⓘ
Florence Vassy ⓘ
Freddie Trumper ⓘ
Molokov ⓘ
Svetlana Sergievsky ⓘ
Walter ⓘ
follows Act One of Chess ⓘ
hasComposer Benny Andersson ⓘ
Björn Ulvaeus ⓘ
hasGenre concept album musical ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
hasLyricist Tim Rice ⓘ
hasNarrativeDevice parallel personal and political storylines ⓘ
hasNotableDuet I Know Him So Well ⓘ
hasPrimaryLocation Bangkok (in many stage versions) ⓘ
linked to: Bangkok

various international venues (in some versions) ⓘ
hasSetting international chess competition ⓘ
hasTheme Cold War politics ⓘ
East–West rivalry ⓘ
defection ⓘ
personal ambition ⓘ
political manipulation ⓘ
romantic relationships ⓘ
includesSong Endgame ⓘ
Heaven Help My Heart ⓘ
I Know Him So Well ⓘ
Svetlana’s songs ⓘ
Talking Chess ⓘ
linked to: Chess

The Deal (No Deal) ⓘ
The Soviet Machine ⓘ
You and I ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium recorded cast album ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
narrativeFocus consequences of Anatoly’s defection ⓘ
intensification of political tensions ⓘ
intensification of romantic tensions ⓘ
partOf Chess ⓘ
takesPlaceAfter first world championship match in Chess ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

I Know Him So Well → settingInMusical → Act Two of Chess ⓘ
Pity the Child → settingInShow → Act II of Chess ⓘ
linked to: Act Two of Chess