A Chorus of Disapproval

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A Chorus of Disapproval is a comedic stage play by British dramatist Alan Ayckbourn that follows an amateur operatic society whose production of The Beggar’s Opera mirrors the tangled personal lives and deceptions of its members.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf stage play ⓘ
author Alan Ayckbourn ⓘ
basedOn The Beggar’s Opera (as internal production) ⓘ
linked to: The Beggar's Opera
centralConflict tension between public performance and private lives ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dramaticForm ensemble piece ⓘ
realist comedy ⓘ
filmAdaptationCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Michael Winner ⓘ
filmAdaptationLanguage English ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1989 ⓘ
firstPerformanceCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation Stephen Joseph Theatre in the Round, Scarborough ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1984 ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasAdaptation A Chorus of Disapproval (film) ⓘ
hasCharacter Bridget Baines ⓘ
Crispin Usher ⓘ
Dafydd ap Llewellyn ⓘ
Enid Washbrook ⓘ
Fay Hubbard ⓘ
Guy Jones ⓘ
Hannah Llewellyn ⓘ
Ian Hubbard ⓘ
Jarvis Huntley-Pike ⓘ
Linda Washbrook ⓘ
Rebecca Huntley-Pike ⓘ
Ted Washbrook ⓘ
intendedMedium live theatre ⓘ
narrativeDevice play within a play ⓘ
notableFor interweaving of The Beggar’s Opera with contemporary plot ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Alan Ayckbourn plays ⓘ
playwright Alan Ayckbourn ⓘ
setIn England ⓘ
structure two-act play ⓘ
subject The Beggar’s Opera ⓘ
linked to: The Beggar's Opera

amateur operatic society ⓘ
theme amateur theatre ⓘ
deception ⓘ
hypocrisy ⓘ
middle-class life ⓘ
romantic entanglements ⓘ
timePeriodOfCreation 1980s ⓘ
typicalProductionVenue proscenium theatre ⓘ
usesMotif art imitating life ⓘ

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Alan Ayckbourn → notableWork → A Chorus of Disapproval ⓘ
A Chorus of Disapproval → hasAdaptation → A Chorus of Disapproval (film) ⓘ
linked to: A Chorus of Disapproval
Nigel Harman → notableWork → A Chorus of Disapproval ⓘ