Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
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Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is a stage play by Tom Stoppard that combines drama with a live orchestra to critique political repression and the misuse of psychiatry.
All labels observed (1)
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| Every Good Boy Deserves Favour canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour Context triple: [Tom Stoppard, notableWork, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour]
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A.
Fugue in a Nursery
Fugue in a Nursery is the second play in Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song Trilogy, a darkly comic drama exploring gay relationships, love, and identity.
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B.
I Whistle a Happy Tune
"I Whistle a Happy Tune" is a cheerful show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The King and I," known for its theme of using outward confidence to overcome fear.
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C.
Heebie Jeebies
"Heebie Jeebies" is a 1926 jazz recording by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, famous for popularizing scat singing in mainstream jazz.
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D.
The Most Happy Piano
The Most Happy Piano is a jazz album by pianist Erroll Garner showcasing his distinctive, exuberant swing style and inventive improvisations.
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E.
Girls at the Piano
Girls at the Piano is an 1892 Impressionist painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir depicting two young girls playing a piano in a warmly lit domestic interior.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour Target entity description: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is a stage play by Tom Stoppard that combines drama with a live orchestra to critique political repression and the misuse of psychiatry.
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A.
Fugue in a Nursery
Fugue in a Nursery is the second play in Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song Trilogy, a darkly comic drama exploring gay relationships, love, and identity.
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B.
I Whistle a Happy Tune
"I Whistle a Happy Tune" is a cheerful show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The King and I," known for its theme of using outward confidence to overcome fear.
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C.
Heebie Jeebies
"Heebie Jeebies" is a 1926 jazz recording by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, famous for popularizing scat singing in mainstream jazz.
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D.
The Most Happy Piano
The Most Happy Piano is a jazz album by pianist Erroll Garner showcasing his distinctive, exuberant swing style and inventive improvisations.
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E.
Girls at the Piano
Girls at the Piano is an 1892 Impressionist painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir depicting two young girls playing a piano in a warmly lit domestic interior.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
stage play
ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ |
| author | Tom Stoppard ⓘ |
| co-creator | André Previn ⓘ |
| composerOfMusic | André Previn ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Soviet-style psychiatric abuse
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misuse of psychiatry ⓘ political repression ⓘ |
| features | live orchestra on stage ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCity |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| firstPerformanceDate | 1977 ⓘ |
| firstProducedAt | Royal Shakespeare Theatre ⓘ |
| firstProducedBy | Royal Shakespeare Company ⓘ |
| firstProducedIn |
Stratford-on-Avon
ⓘ
surface form:
Stratford-upon-Avon
|
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
political satire ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
orchestral musicians
ⓘ
political dissident ⓘ psychiatrist ⓘ |
| hasForm | one-act play ⓘ |
| hasIntendedEnsembleSize | full symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| hasLiveOrchestra | true ⓘ |
| hasMusicStyle | orchestral ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalContext | Soviet dissident movement ⓘ |
| hasTargetOfSatire | state-controlled psychiatry ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
conflict between individual conscience and state power
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political prisoners ⓘ sanity and insanity ⓘ truth and propaganda ⓘ |
| hasTitleOrigin | mnemonic for lines of the treble clef ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyRevivedBy | major theatre companies ⓘ |
| isWrittenBy | Tom Stoppard ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alexander Ivanov
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ivanov’s son ⓘ a genuine psychiatric patient named Alexander ⓘ |
| medium | stage ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of totalitarian regimes
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integration of full symphony orchestra into dramatic action ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| setting | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| structure | play with orchestra as a character ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
abuse of medical authority
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freedom of expression ⓘ political dissidence ⓘ psychiatric incarceration ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | Cold War ⓘ |
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