The Vortex (stage play)

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"The Vortex" is a 1924 stage play by Noël Coward, best known as a sharp social comedy about scandal, addiction, and sexual hypocrisy in upper-class British society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy-drama ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
adaptationMedium film ⓘ
adaptedAs The Vortex (1928 film) ⓘ
author Noël Coward ⓘ
broadwayDebutCity New York City ⓘ
broadwayDebutYear 1925 ⓘ
censorshipStatusAtPremiere subject to Lord Chamberlain scrutiny ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresCharacter Bunty Mainwaring ⓘ
Florence Lancaster ⓘ
Nicky Lancaster ⓘ
Pauncefort Quentin ⓘ
Tom Veryan ⓘ
firstDirector Noël Coward ⓘ
firstProducer Lilian Braithwaite ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
drama ⓘ
social comedy ⓘ
hasRevival multiple West End revivals ⓘ
helpedEstablishReputationOf Noël Coward ⓘ
historicalContext interwar period in Britain ⓘ
isPartOf Noël Coward theatrical canon ⓘ
mainTheme addiction ⓘ
cocaine use ⓘ
drug abuse ⓘ
marital infidelity ⓘ
mother–son relationship ⓘ
narcissism ⓘ
scandal ⓘ
sexual hypocrisy ⓘ
upper-class British society ⓘ
notableFor controversial depiction of drug addiction ⓘ
frank treatment of sexual themes ⓘ
satire of upper-class manners ⓘ
originalCastingIncluded Noël Coward in the role of Nicky Lancaster ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
premiereCity London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
premiereCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
premiereLocation Everyman Theatre, Hampstead ⓘ
setting London high society ⓘ
structure three-act play ⓘ
subjectOf literary criticism on interwar British theatre ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 1920s ⓘ
writer Noël Coward ⓘ
yearOfPremiere 1924 ⓘ
yearWritten 1924 ⓘ

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