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Abigail's Party

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Abigail's Party is a play for stage and television devised and directed in 1977 by Mike Leigh. [1]

90 relations: Actor, Alan Bennett, Alcohol, Alison Steadman, Amanda Abbington, Andy Nyman, Backstory, BBC, BBC Scotland, Beaujolais, BFI TV 100, British Film Institute, Clare Torry, Comedy of manners, Computer operator, Crystal Palace F.C., David Thomson (film critic), Demis Roussos, Dennis Potter, Department store, Donna Summer, DVD, Elizabeth Berrington, Elvis Presley, Erotica, Essex, Essex dialect, Estate agent, Estuary English, Exeter, Forever and Ever (Demis Roussos song), Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton, Hampstead Theatre, Janine Duvitski, Jill Halfpenny, Joe Absolom, John Salthouse, José Feliciano, Kitsch, L. S. Lowry, Lifeguard, Light My Fire, Lindsay Posner, London, Love to Love You Baby (song), Lower middle class, Ludwig van Beethoven, Menier Chocolate Factory, Michael Coveney, Middle class, ..., Mike Leigh, Myocardial infarction, Natalie Casey, Neurosis, Northcott Theatre, Nursing, Nuts in May, Play (theatre), Play for Today, Production music, Radio Times, Received Pronunciation, Robert Farnon, Romford, Rose Keegan, San Francisco Playhouse, Satire, Schadenfreude, Sitcom, Suburb, Susannah Harker, Teleplay, Television, Television play, The Guardian, The Independent, The Sunday Times, Theatre Royal, Bath, TheGuardian.com, Tom Jones (singer), Tom Paulin, United Kingdom, Unseen character, VHS, Vincent van Gogh, West End theatre, William Shakespeare, Wings of Love (painting), Wolverhampton, Wyndham's Theatre. Expand index (40 more) »

Actor

An actor (often actress for women; see terminology) is a person who portrays a character in a performance.

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Alan Bennett

Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English playwright, screenwriter, actor and author.

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Alcohol

In chemistry, an alcohol is any organic compound in which the hydroxyl functional group (–OH) is bound to a carbon.

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Alison Steadman

Alison Steadman, (born 26 August 1946) is an English actress.

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Amanda Abbington

Amanda Abbington (born Amanda Jane Smith; February 1974) is an English actress.

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Andy Nyman

Andrew Nyman (born 13 April 1966) is an English actor, writer and director.

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Backstory

A backstory, background story, back-story, or background is a set of events invented for a plot, presented as preceding and leading up to that plot.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC Scotland

BBC Scotland is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland.

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Beaujolais

Beaujolais is a French Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) wine generally made of the Gamay grape which has a thin skin and is low in tannins.

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BFI TV 100

The BFI TV 100 is a list compiled in 2000 by the British Film Institute (BFI), chosen by a poll of industry professionals, to determine what were the greatest British television programmes of any genre to have been screened.

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British Film Institute

The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom.

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Clare Torry

Clare H. Torry (born 29 November 1947) is a British singer, best known for performing the wordless vocals on the song "The Great Gig in the Sky" by the group Pink Floyd on their 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon.

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Comedy of manners

The comedy of manners is a form of comedy that satirizes the manners and affectations of contemporary society and questions societal standards.

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Computer operator

A role in IT, computer operators oversee the running of computer systems, ensuring that the machines and computers are running properly.

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Crystal Palace F.C.

Crystal Palace Football Club is a professional football club based in Selhurst, London, that plays in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.

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David Thomson (film critic)

David Thomson (born 18 February 1941) is a British film critic and historian based in the United States and the author of more than 20 books.

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Demis Roussos

Artemios "Demis" Ventouris-Roussos (15 June 1946 – 25 January 2015) was a Greek singer and performer who had international hit songs like "Forever and Ever" as a solo performer in the 1970s after having been a member of Aphrodite's Child, a progressive rock group that also included Vangelis.

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Dennis Potter

Dennis Christopher George Potter (17 May 1935 – 7 June 1994) was an English television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist.

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Department store

A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different product categories known as "departments".

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Donna Summer

LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), widely known by her stage name Donna Summer, was an American singer, songwriter, and painter.

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DVD

DVD (an abbreviation of "digital video disc" or "digital versatile disc") is a digital optical disc storage format invented and developed by Philips and Sony in 1995.

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Elizabeth Berrington

Elizabeth Ann Berrington (born 3 August 1970 in Wallasey on the Wirral in Cheshire) is an English actress and graduate of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, she is best known for her roles as Ruby Fry in Waterloo Road, Paula Kosh in Stella, Mel Debrou in Moving Wallpaper and Dawn Stevenson in The Syndicate.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor.

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Erotica

Erotica is any artistic work that deals substantively with erotically stimulating or sexually arousing subject matter.

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Essex

Essex is a county in the East of England.

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Essex dialect

The Essex dialect is a dialect similar to some forms of East Anglian English and is now mainly confined to the north and the east of Essex.

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Estate agent

An estate agent is a person or business that arranges the selling, renting, or management of properties and other buildings in the United Kingdom, Ireland, or other countries around the world.

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Estuary English

Estuary English is an English dialect or accent associated with South East England, especially the area along the River Thames and its estuary, centering around London.

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Exeter

Exeter is a cathedral city in Devon, England, with a population of 129,800 (mid-2016 EST).

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Forever and Ever (Demis Roussos song)

"Forever and Ever" is a song by Greek singer Demis Roussos.

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Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton

The Wolverhampton Grand Theatre, commonly known as The Grand, is a theatre located on Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton,UK, designed in 1894 by Architect Charles J. Phipps.

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Hampstead Theatre

Hampstead Theatre is a theatre in South Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden.

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Janine Duvitski

Janine Duvitski (born Christine Janine Drzewicki; 28 June 1952) is an English actress, known for her roles as Jane Edwards in Waiting for God, Pippa Trench in One Foot in the Grave and Jacqueline Stewart in Benidorm.

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Jill Halfpenny

Jill Halfpenny (born 15 July 1975) is an English actress, best known for her roles as Rebecca Hopkins in the British soap opera Coronation Street (1999–2000); Kate Mitchell (née Morton) in rival soap EastEnders (2002–05); Izzie Redpath in Waterloo Road (2006–07); and Diane Manning in In The Club (2014–16). She also won the second series of the television dance contest Strictly Come Dancing in 2004. Her career began in 1989 with a regular role in the BBC children's drama series Byker Grove. She has subsequently appeared in numerous TV roles, such as Peak Practice, Mount Pleasant, Wild at Heart, Lightfields, Babylon, Humans, Three Girls, and Liar. She has also enjoyed a successful theatre career, with roles ranging from pantomime to the West End, in productions such as Uncle Vanya, Calendar Girls, Abigail's Party, and musicals like Chicago. In 2011, she won the Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical for her portrayal of Paulette in Legally Blonde.

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Joe Absolom

Joseph Absolom (born 16 December 1978 in Reading, Berkshire) is an English actor best known for playing Matthew Rose in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders and Al Large in Doc Martin.

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John Salthouse

John Salthouse (born John Lewis on 16 June 1951) is a British actor and producer.

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José Feliciano

José Monserrate Feliciano García (born September 10, 1945), better known simply as José Feliciano, is a Puerto Rican guitarist, singer, and songwriter, best known for many international hits, including his rendition of The Doors' "Light My Fire" and the best-selling Christmas single, "Feliz Navidad".

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Kitsch

Kitsch (loanword from German), also called cheesiness or tackiness, is art or other objects that appeal to popular rather than high art tastes.

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L. S. Lowry

Laurence Stephen Lowry (1 November 1887 – 23 February 1976) was an English artist.

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Lifeguard

A lifeguard is a rescuer who supervises the safety and rescue of swimmers, surfers, and other water sports participants such as in a swimming pool, water park, beach or river.

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Light My Fire

"Light My Fire" is a song by the Doors, which was recorded in August 1966 and released in January 1967 on their self-titled debut album.

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Lindsay Posner

Lindsay Steven Posner (born 6 June 1959), Debrett's People of Today, publication_date.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Love to Love You Baby (song)

"Love to Love You Baby" is a song by American singer Donna Summer from her second studio album Love to Love You Baby (1975).

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Lower middle class

In developed nations across the world, the lower middle class is a sub-division of the greater middle class.

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770Beethoven was baptised on 17 December. His date of birth was often given as 16 December and his family and associates celebrated his birthday on that date, and most scholars accept that he was born on 16 December; however there is no documentary record of his birth.26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist.

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Menier Chocolate Factory

The Menier Chocolate Factory is a 180-seat off-West End theatre, which comprises a restaurant, bar and rehearsal rooms.

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Michael Coveney

Michael Coveney (born 24 July 1948) is a British theatre critic.

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Middle class

The middle class is a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy.

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Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) is an English writer and director of film and theatre.

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Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to a part of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle.

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Natalie Casey

Natalie Casey (born 15 April 1980) is an English actress, television presenter and singer.

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Neurosis

Neurosis is a class of functional mental disorders involving chronic distress but neither delusions nor hallucinations.

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Northcott Theatre

The Northcott Theatre is a theatre situated on the Streatham Campus of the University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, England.

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Nursing

Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life.

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Nuts in May

Nuts in May is a television film devised and directed by Mike Leigh, filmed in March 1975, and originally broadcast as part of the BBC's Play for Today series on 13 January 1976.

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Play (theatre)

A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading.

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Play for Today

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984.

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Production music

Production music (also known as stock music or library music) is the name given to recorded music that can be licensed to customers for use in film, television, radio and other media.

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Radio Times

Radio Times is a British weekly television and radio programme listings magazine.

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Received Pronunciation

Received Pronunciation (RP) is an accent of Standard English in the United Kingdom and is defined in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary as "the standard accent of English as spoken in the south of England", although it can be heard from native speakers throughout England and Wales.

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Robert Farnon

Robert Joseph Farnon CM (July 24, 1917April 23, 2005) was a Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player.

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Romford

Romford is a large town in East London and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Havering.

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Rose Keegan

Rose Keegan is a British actor of stage, film and television.

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San Francisco Playhouse

San Francisco Playhouse (formerly SF Playhouse) is a non-profit theater company in San Francisco, California, founded in 2003 by Bill English and Susi Damilano.

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Satire

Satire is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.

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Schadenfreude

Schadenfreude ('harm-joy') is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, or humiliation of another.

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Sitcom

A sitcom, short for "situation comedy", is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who carry over from episode to episode.

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Suburb

A suburb is a mixed-use or residential area, existing either as part of a city or urban area or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city.

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Susannah Harker

Susannah Harker (born) is an English film, television, and theatre actor.

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Teleplay

A teleplay is a screenplay or script used in the production of a scripted television program or series.

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Television

Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black and white), or in colour, and in two or three dimensions and sound.

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Television play

From the 1950s until the early 1980s, the television play was a television programming genre in the United Kingdom.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times is the largest-selling British national newspaper in the "quality press" market category.

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Theatre Royal, Bath

The Theatre Royal in Bath, England, was built in 1805.

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TheGuardian.com

TheGuardian.com, formerly known as Guardian.co.uk and Guardian Unlimited, is a British news and media website owned by the Guardian Media Group.

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Tom Jones (singer)

Sir Thomas John Woodward (born 7 June 1940), also known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer.

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Tom Paulin

Thomas Neilson Paulin (born 25 January 1949 in Leeds, England) is a Northern Irish poet and critic of film, music and literature.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Unseen character

An unseen character or (in radio) silent character is a fictional character referred to but not directly observed by the audience, but who advances the action of the plot in a significant way, and whose absence enhances their effect on the plot.

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VHS

The Video Home System (VHS) is a standard for consumer-level analog video recording on tape cassettes.

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Vincent van Gogh

Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art.

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West End theatre

West End theatre is a common term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of "Theatreland" in and near the West End of London.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised)—23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the English language, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

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Wings of Love (painting)

Wings of Love (c.1972) is a painting by Stephen Pearson.

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Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.

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Wyndham's Theatre

Wyndham's Theatre is a West End theatre, one of two opened by the actor/manager Charles Wyndham (the other is the Criterion Theatre).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail's_Party

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