The Upstart Crow
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The Upstart Crow is a stage comedy based on the British television sitcom of the same name, parodying the life and times of William Shakespeare.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Upstart Crow canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13171742 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Upstart Crow Context triple: [Garrick Theatre, hasProduction, The Upstart Crow]
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A.
The Knight of the Burning Pestle
The Knight of the Burning Pestle is a satirical early 17th-century English play that parodies chivalric romance and theatrical conventions through its meta-theatrical, comic treatment of a grocer’s apprentice turned would-be knight.
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B.
The Court Jester
The Court Jester is a 1955 musical-comedy film starring Danny Kaye, renowned for its witty dialogue, swashbuckling parody of medieval adventure films, and memorable performances by its ensemble cast.
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C.
The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend is a 1906 silent fantasy film, inspired by Winsor McCay’s comic strip, that depicts a man’s surreal, nightmare-filled hallucinations after overindulging in Welsh rarebit.
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D.
The Jester
The Jester is a segment from Andrei Tarkovsky’s film "Andrei Rublev," focusing on a wandering fool whose performance and subsequent persecution highlight themes of artistic freedom, social cruelty, and the precarious role of the artist in medieval Russia.
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E.
Mac Flecknoe
Mac Flecknoe is a satirical poem by John Dryden that mock-heroically attacks the poet Thomas Shadwell as the heir to a kingdom of dullness.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Upstart Crow Target entity description: The Upstart Crow is a stage comedy based on the British television sitcom of the same name, parodying the life and times of William Shakespeare.
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A.
The Knight of the Burning Pestle
The Knight of the Burning Pestle is a satirical early 17th-century English play that parodies chivalric romance and theatrical conventions through its meta-theatrical, comic treatment of a grocer’s apprentice turned would-be knight.
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B.
The Court Jester
The Court Jester is a 1955 musical-comedy film starring Danny Kaye, renowned for its witty dialogue, swashbuckling parody of medieval adventure films, and memorable performances by its ensemble cast.
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C.
The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend
The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend is a 1906 silent fantasy film, inspired by Winsor McCay’s comic strip, that depicts a man’s surreal, nightmare-filled hallucinations after overindulging in Welsh rarebit.
-
D.
The Jester
The Jester is a segment from Andrei Tarkovsky’s film "Andrei Rublev," focusing on a wandering fool whose performance and subsequent persecution highlight themes of artistic freedom, social cruelty, and the precarious role of the artist in medieval Russia.
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E.
Mac Flecknoe
Mac Flecknoe is a satirical poem by John Dryden that mock-heroically attacks the poet Thomas Shadwell as the heir to a kingdom of dullness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
ⓘ
stage comedy ⓘ |
| about |
Elizabethan England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Upstart Crow (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Upstart Crow (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Ben Elton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Elizabethan theatre
ⓘ
life of William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocation | Gielgud Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Upstart Crow (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
parody ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
historical comedy
ⓘ
stage comedy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
comic scenes
ⓘ
historical parody ⓘ metatheatrical elements ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
literary satire
ⓘ
playwriting ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Upstart Crow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 2020 ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | theatre audiences ⓘ |
| isA | theatrical adaptation ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
West End NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediumOfPerformance | live theatre ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| parodies |
Shakespearean biography
ⓘ
Shakespearean drama tropes ⓘ |
| partOf | West End theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performingArtsGenre | stage comedy ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2020 ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
16th century
ⓘ
Elizabethan era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesHumorStyle |
anachronistic jokes
ⓘ
metatheatre ⓘ wordplay ⓘ |
| workBasedOn | life of William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| writer | Ben Elton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Upstart Crow Description of subject: The Upstart Crow is a stage comedy based on the British television sitcom of the same name, parodying the life and times of William Shakespeare.
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