Act I

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Act I is the opening section of Edward Albee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play "A Delicate Balance," in which the central family tensions and themes of existential anxiety are first established.

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Act I canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf act of a play ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Edward Albee ⓘ
dramaticStructureRole exposition ⓘ
rising tension setup ⓘ
establishesTheme emotional dependency ⓘ
existential anxiety ⓘ
family tension ⓘ
fear of emptiness ⓘ
featuresCharacter Agnes ⓘ
Claire ⓘ
Edna ⓘ
Harry ⓘ
Julia ⓘ
Tobias ⓘ
firstPerformanceContext performed as the first act in original stage productions of A Delicate Balance ⓘ
genre absurdist theatre ⓘ
drama ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium theatrical play ⓘ
narrativeFunction establishes tone of unease ⓘ
introduces central family relationships ⓘ
introduces inciting conflict ⓘ
openingSectionOf A Delicate Balance ⓘ
partOf A Delicate Balance ⓘ
setting suburban upper-middle-class home ⓘ
timePeriodInFiction contemporary to the 1960s ⓘ
workAwardContext part of a play that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ

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