The Constant Wife
E1036346
The Constant Wife is a comedic play by W. Somerset Maugham that explores marriage, fidelity, and female independence in 1920s upper-class society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Constant Wife canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13383515 — 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 Constant Wife Context triple: [Kate Burton, theatreWork, The Constant Wife]
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A.
The Constant Husband
The Constant Husband is a mid-20th-century stage comedy best known for its witty treatment of marriage and identity, in which actress Moira Lister gave a notable performance.
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B.
The Constant Husband
The Constant Husband is a 1955 British comedy film, directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring Rex Harrison, about a man who discovers he has multiple wives after suffering from amnesia.
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C.
The Eternal Husband
The Eternal Husband is a psychological novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores guilt, jealousy, and obsession through the tense relationship between a widower and his late wife's former lover.
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D.
The Wife’s Tale
"The Wife’s Tale" is a narrative poem by Seamus Heaney that portrays a farm wife’s perspective on rural labor, gender roles, and quiet marital estrangement in the Irish countryside.
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E.
The Tender Husband
The Tender Husband is an early 18th-century English comedy play by Sir Richard Steele that satirizes marriage, manners, and social pretensions.
- 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 Constant Wife Target entity description: The Constant Wife is a comedic play by W. Somerset Maugham that explores marriage, fidelity, and female independence in 1920s upper-class society.
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A.
The Constant Husband
The Constant Husband is a mid-20th-century stage comedy best known for its witty treatment of marriage and identity, in which actress Moira Lister gave a notable performance.
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B.
The Constant Husband
The Constant Husband is a 1955 British comedy film, directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring Rex Harrison, about a man who discovers he has multiple wives after suffering from amnesia.
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C.
The Eternal Husband
The Eternal Husband is a psychological novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores guilt, jealousy, and obsession through the tense relationship between a widower and his late wife's former lover.
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D.
The Wife’s Tale
"The Wife’s Tale" is a narrative poem by Seamus Heaney that portrays a farm wife’s perspective on rural labor, gender roles, and quiet marital estrangement in the Irish countryside.
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E.
The Tender Husband
The Tender Husband is an early 18th-century English comedy play by Sir Richard Steele that satirizes marriage, manners, and social pretensions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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stage comedy ⓘ |
| author | W. Somerset Maugham ⓘ |
| character |
Bernard Kersal
ⓘ
Constance Middleton ⓘ John Middleton ⓘ Marie-Louise ⓘ Martha Culver ⓘ Mrs. Culver ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | well-made play ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstPerformanceLocation | Cleveland ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceMedium | stage ⓘ |
| form | three-act play ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
drawing-room comedy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio production
ⓘ
television production ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistTrait |
financially independent
ⓘ
pragmatic ⓘ self-reliant ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
double standards in relationships
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economic independence of women ⓘ personal autonomy ⓘ social conventions of marriage ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century British drama ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Constance Middleton ⓘ |
| notableRevivalLocation |
Broadway
ⓘ
West End ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| period | interwar period ⓘ |
| portrays |
1920s upper-class domestic life
ⓘ
changing gender roles in the early 20th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| settingTime | 1920s ⓘ |
| subject |
female independence
ⓘ
fidelity ⓘ marriage ⓘ upper-class society ⓘ |
| workOf | W. Somerset Maugham ⓘ |
| writer | W. Somerset Maugham ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Constant Wife Description of subject: The Constant Wife is a comedic play by W. Somerset Maugham that explores marriage, fidelity, and female independence in 1920s upper-class society.
Referenced by (3)
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