How the Other Half Loves

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"How the Other Half Loves" is a 1969 stage comedy by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn that farcically intertwines the marital troubles of three couples through overlapping dinner parties.

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instanceOf farce ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
author Alan Ayckbourn ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1969 ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
farce ⓘ
hasAudience West End theatre audiences ⓘ
hasCharacterGroup Bob and Teresa Phillips ⓘ
Frank and Fiona Foster ⓘ
William and Mary Featherstone ⓘ
hasDramaticForm well-made play with farcical elements ⓘ
hasRevivalsIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

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regional theatres worldwide ⓘ
hasStageTechnique simultaneous action in different times and places on one set ⓘ
hasTheme breakdown of communication in marriage ⓘ
class and social aspiration ⓘ
farce arising from mistaken assumptions ⓘ
infidelity ⓘ
isInCatalogueOf Stephen Joseph Theatre (Ayckbourn canon) ⓘ
movement contemporary British theatre ⓘ
notableFeature overlapping dinner party scenes played simultaneously ⓘ
single set representing two homes at once ⓘ
numberOfActs 2 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Alan Ayckbourn plays ⓘ
premiereYear 1969 ⓘ
setting London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
structure intertwined stories of three couples ⓘ
subject adultery ⓘ
domestic life ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
middle-class life ⓘ
miscommunication ⓘ
social class differences ⓘ
timePeriodOfWork late 1960s ⓘ
typicalOf Alan Ayckbourn’s early work ⓘ
writer Alan Ayckbourn ⓘ

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