Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maternity (play)

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The result was keep. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 10:55, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Maternity (play)[edit]

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Play performed only 21 time, the refs given are only routine reviews or from a book that "discusses every Broadway production" (so cant be used to show any play is worthy of notice) Mtking (talk) 06:53, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. On a brief look, I couldn't find any notability standards for theater. I suggest that Broadway plays should be considered automatically notable, the way we do certain political, geographical and other categories. A Broadway play which ran only 21 performances would also be a notable flop. Broadway is the most significant venue for American theater, requires a lot of expense and preparation, tends to use more notable actors and almost always to get coverage in reliable, third party sources such as The New York Times. Jonathanwallace (talk) 11:39, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Multiple references to the NYT, a third-party, reliable source. Inherent notability per status as Broadway play. --TYelliot | Talk | Contribs 11:52, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - I would disagree that a Broadway play has inherent notability, but would say that they almost invariably attract notice and would be covered in reliable sources no matter how bad the play may be. Witness the thrashing of the yet to open Spiderman play. -- Whpq (talk) 13:23, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - The play was reviewed by the NY Times, and has the book reference shows that it is a notable part of the history of American theatre. Note that this all focuses on one single production of the play. the play itself is by a notable French playwright, with more academic sources available for expansion. [1], and a couple of JSTOR articles that I do not have access to but snippet views note that GB Shaw's wife did a translation of the play. [2], [3]. These are just eh English language results. As French playwright, there appears to be more material available in French, but my language skills are not up to it. -- Whpq (talk) 13:21, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions. —• Gene93k (talk) 15:14, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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