The Dutch Lover
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The Dutch Lover is a Restoration-era comedy play by Aphra Behn that satirizes arranged marriages and national stereotypes through farcical romantic entanglements.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Dutch Lover canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Dutch Lover Context triple: [Aphra Behn, notableWork, The Dutch Lover]
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A.
Lady of Leerdam
Lady of Leerdam was a noble title in the Low Countries historically associated with the Egmond family and other high-ranking aristocratic houses.
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B.
The Lady of Pleasure
The Lady of Pleasure is a Caroline-era comedy play by James Shirley that satirizes the excesses and moral corruption of the English aristocracy.
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C.
Herwijnen
Herwijnen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland, known as a small rural community along the River Waal.
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D.
The Lover
The Lover is a 1992 French romantic drama film set in colonial Vietnam, adapted from Marguerite Duras’s semi-autobiographical novel and directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud.
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E.
The Lover
The Lover is a one-act play by Harold Pinter that explores the blurred boundaries between fantasy and reality within a seemingly conventional middle-class marriage.
- 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 Dutch Lover Target entity description: The Dutch Lover is a Restoration-era comedy play by Aphra Behn that satirizes arranged marriages and national stereotypes through farcical romantic entanglements.
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A.
Lady of Leerdam
Lady of Leerdam was a noble title in the Low Countries historically associated with the Egmond family and other high-ranking aristocratic houses.
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B.
The Lady of Pleasure
The Lady of Pleasure is a Caroline-era comedy play by James Shirley that satirizes the excesses and moral corruption of the English aristocracy.
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C.
Herwijnen
Herwijnen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland, known as a small rural community along the River Waal.
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D.
The Lover
The Lover is a 1992 French romantic drama film set in colonial Vietnam, adapted from Marguerite Duras’s semi-autobiographical novel and directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud.
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E.
The Lover
The Lover is a one-act play by Harold Pinter that explores the blurred boundaries between fantasy and reality within a seemingly conventional middle-class marriage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Restoration comedy
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play ⓘ stage comedy ⓘ |
| author | Aphra Behn ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | five-act play ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Alonso
ⓘ
Cleonte ⓘ Haunce van Ezel ⓘ Hippolyta ⓘ
linked to:
Queen Hippolyta
|
| firstPerformanceDate | 1673 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | Dorset Garden Theatre ⓘ |
| firstPerformedBy |
Duke's Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Duke’s Company
|
| firstPublicationDate | 1673 ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Henry Herringman ⓘ |
| genre |
Restoration drama
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comedy ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
courtship
ⓘ
cross-cultural romance ⓘ mistaken identity ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Restoration literature ⓘ |
| notableAspect | early example of a professional female playwright's work on the English stage ⓘ |
| originalMedium | theatre ⓘ |
| periodOfWork | late 17th century ⓘ |
| satirizes |
arranged marriages
ⓘ
national stereotypes ⓘ |
| setting | Spain ⓘ |
| structure | prose and verse ⓘ |
| theatricalPeriod | Restoration era ⓘ |
| theme |
arranged marriage
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national stereotypes ⓘ romantic entanglements ⓘ satire of marriage customs ⓘ |
| writer | Aphra Behn ⓘ |
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