When We Are Married

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"When We Are Married" is a 1938 comic play by English dramatist J. B. Priestley that follows three respectable couples whose social standing is thrown into chaos when they discover their marriages may not be legally valid.

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instanceOf comic play ⓘ
play ⓘ
stage work ⓘ
author J. B. Priestley ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfSetting England ⓘ
dateWritten 1938 ⓘ
dramaticConflict threat to the couples' social respectability ⓘ
dramaticForm comedy of manners ⓘ
dramaticStructure ensemble piece ⓘ
dramaturgicalStyle realist comedy ⓘ
form three-act play ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
farce ⓘ
hasCharacterType clergy ⓘ
domestic servants ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
respectable middle-class couples ⓘ
hasDramaticIrony yes ⓘ
hasHumourStyle character-based humour ⓘ
situational comedy ⓘ
verbal wit ⓘ
hasNarrativeDevice revelation of invalid marriages ⓘ
hasTone comic ⓘ
satirical ⓘ
influencedBy English social comedy tradition ⓘ
intendedAudience adult theatre audiences ⓘ
isFictional true ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
medium theatre ⓘ
notableFeature focus on three middle-class couples ⓘ
numberOfActs 3 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf J. B. Priestley plays ⓘ
linked to: J. B. Priestley
placeInAuthorCareer one of J. B. Priestley’s notable comedies ⓘ
plotSummary Three respectable couples discover their marriages may not be legally valid, throwing their social standing into chaos. ⓘ
settingPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
subjectMatter hypocrisy ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
respectability ⓘ
social class ⓘ
theme conventional morality ⓘ
marital relationships ⓘ
public image versus private reality ⓘ
the fragility of social status ⓘ
writer J. B. Priestley ⓘ
yearOfWork 1938 ⓘ

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