Bug (play)

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Bug is a psychological horror stage play by Tracy Letts that explores paranoia, conspiracy, and mental disintegration in the claustrophobic setting of a seedy motel room.

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Bug (play) canonical 2

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instanceOf drama ⓘ
psychological horror play ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
adaptedInto Bug (2006 film) ⓘ
author Tracy Letts ⓘ
authorOtherWorks August: Osage County ⓘ
Killer Joe ⓘ
character Dr. Sweet ⓘ
Jerry Goss ⓘ
R.C. ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector William Friedkin ⓘ
filmAdaptationWriter Tracy Letts ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1996 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn 1990s ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
hasType claustrophobic chamber piece ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Agnes White ⓘ
Peter Evans ⓘ
notableFor intense psychological tension ⓘ
minimal single-room setting ⓘ
notableProductionCity New York City ⓘ
notableProductionLocation Barrow Street Theatre, New York City ⓘ
originalMedium theatre ⓘ
premieredAt Gate Theatre, London ⓘ
premiereLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
setting Oklahoma ⓘ
seedy motel room ⓘ
structure two-act play ⓘ
subject conspiracy ⓘ
mental disintegration ⓘ
paranoia ⓘ
theme codependency ⓘ
government conspiracy ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
psychosis ⓘ
trauma ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century ⓘ
USPremiereDate 1998 ⓘ
USPremiereLocation Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
writer Tracy Letts ⓘ

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Bug (2006 film) → adaptationOf → Bug (play) ⓘ
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Peter Evans → basedOn → Bug (play) ⓘ