Savage in Limbo

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Savage in Limbo is a one-act play by John Patrick Shanley that portrays a group of disillusioned Bronx bar regulars grappling with their unfulfilled lives and fading dreams.

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Savage in Limbo canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf one-act play ⓘ
play ⓘ
author John Patrick Shanley ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dialogueStyle colloquial ⓘ
naturalistic ⓘ
dramaticForm realism ⓘ
featuresCharacterType Bronx bar regulars ⓘ
frequentlyProducedBy acting schools ⓘ
small theatre companies ⓘ
frequentlyStudiedIn contemporary American drama courses ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
hasCharacter April White ⓘ
Denise Savage ⓘ
Linda Rotunda ⓘ
Murk ⓘ
Tony Aronica ⓘ
hasSubject Catholic, working-class background ⓘ
bar culture ⓘ
escape from neighborhood life ⓘ
fear of aging ⓘ
lost opportunities ⓘ
romantic frustration ⓘ
search for meaning ⓘ
stagnation in adulthood ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTheme desperation ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ
fading dreams ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
unfulfilled lives ⓘ
working-class struggle ⓘ
narrativeFocus one night in a neighborhood bar ⓘ
numberOfActs 1 ⓘ
originalMedium stage ⓘ
setting a bar in the Bronx ⓘ
sharesAuthorWith Danny and the Deep Blue Sea ⓘ
Doubt: A Parable ⓘ
linked to: Doubt

Moonstruck ⓘ
structure ensemble piece ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century ⓘ
tone bittersweet ⓘ
darkly comic ⓘ
gritty ⓘ
typicalCastSize small ensemble ⓘ
typicalVenue off-Broadway theatre ⓘ
regional theatre ⓘ
workOf John Patrick Shanley ⓘ

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John Patrick Shanley → notableWork → Savage in Limbo ⓘ
John Patrick Shanley → wrotePlay → Savage in Limbo ⓘ
John Patrick Shanley → notableWork → Savage in Limbo ⓘ
subject linked to: John
John Patrick Shanley → wrotePlay → Savage in Limbo ⓘ
subject linked to: John