God of Carnage

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God of Carnage is a darkly comic stage play by Yasmina Reza that explores the breakdown of civilized behavior when two sets of parents meet to discuss a playground fight between their sons.

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God of Carnage canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dark comedy ⓘ
film ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
adaptedInto Carnage (film) ⓘ
linked to: Carnage
author Yasmina Reza ⓘ
awardReceived Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Play ⓘ
broadwayCastMember Hope Davis ⓘ
James Gandolfini ⓘ
Jeff Daniels ⓘ
Marcia Gay Harden ⓘ
broadwayClosingDate 2010-06-06 ⓘ
broadwayDirector Matthew Warchus ⓘ
broadwayOpeningDate 2009-03-22 ⓘ
broadwayTheatre Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre ⓘ
characters Alain Reille ⓘ
Annette Reille ⓘ
Michel Vallon ⓘ
Veronique Vallon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
director Roman Polanski ⓘ
genre black comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasSubject parents meeting about a playground fight ⓘ
languageOfFirstProduction German ⓘ
notableFeature real-time action ⓘ
single-location setting ⓘ
notableProduction 2008 West End production ⓘ
2009 Broadway production ⓘ
numberOfActs 1 ⓘ
numberOfCharacters 4 ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
originalTitle Le Dieu du carnage ⓘ
premiereDate 2006 ⓘ
premiereLocation Zürich ⓘ
linked to: Zurich
releaseYear 2011 ⓘ
setting a living room in Paris ⓘ
subject civility and violence ⓘ
conflict resolution ⓘ
middle-class society ⓘ
parenting ⓘ
theme breakdown of civilized behavior ⓘ
hypocrisy ⓘ
social pretension ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary ⓘ
translatedBy Christopher Hampton ⓘ
westEndDirector Matthew Warchus ⓘ
yearOfAward 2009 ⓘ

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Carnage → basedOn → God of Carnage ⓘ
Marcia Gay Harden → tonyAwardFor → God of Carnage ⓘ
Russell Dykstra → notableWork → God of Carnage ⓘ
Yasmina Reza → notableWork → God of Carnage ⓘ
Penelope Longstreet → appearsInPlay → God of Carnage ⓘ