The Dutch Courtesan
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The Dutch Courtesan is a Jacobean city comedy play by John Marston that satirically explores themes of lust, morality, and hypocrisy in early 17th-century London.
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| The Dutch Courtesan canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Dutch Courtesan Context triple: [John Marston, notableWork, The Dutch Courtesan]
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A.
The Dutch Lover
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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B.
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes is a major novel in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that explores the intertwined worlds of Parisian high society, crime, and prostitution in the early 19th century.
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C.
The Feigned Courtesans
The Feigned Courtesans is a Restoration comedy play by Aphra Behn that satirizes gender roles and social conventions through mistaken identities and witty intrigue.
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D.
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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E.
The Procuress
The Procuress is a 1622 genre painting by Dutch Caravaggist Dirck van Baburen depicting a brothel scene with a leering procuress overseeing a transaction between a man and a young woman.
- 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: The Dutch Courtesan Target entity description: The Dutch Courtesan is a Jacobean city comedy play by John Marston that satirically explores themes of lust, morality, and hypocrisy in early 17th-century London.
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A.
The Dutch Lover
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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B.
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes is a major novel in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that explores the intertwined worlds of Parisian high society, crime, and prostitution in the early 19th century.
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C.
The Feigned Courtesans
The Feigned Courtesans is a Restoration comedy play by Aphra Behn that satirizes gender roles and social conventions through mistaken identities and witty intrigue.
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D.
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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E.
The Procuress
The Procuress is a 1622 genre painting by Dutch Caravaggist Dirck van Baburen depicting a brothel scene with a leering procuress overseeing a transaction between a man and a young woman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jacobean city comedy
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play ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionDate | circa 1603–1604 ⓘ |
| author | John Marston ⓘ |
| centralConflict | tension between lust and moral restraint ⓘ |
| centralRelationship | Freevill and Franceschina ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dramaticForm |
city comedy
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comedy ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | five-act play ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | circa 1604 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePeriod | early 17th century ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceVenue | Blackfriars Theatre ⓘ |
| firstPerformedBy | Children of the Queen's Revels ⓘ |
| firstPrintedIn | 1605 ⓘ |
| genre |
city comedy
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satirical comedy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
modern stage revivals in the 20th century
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modern stage revivals in the 21st century ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Beatrice
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Cocledemoy ⓘ Crispinella ⓘ Franceschina ⓘ Freevill ⓘ Malheureux ⓘ |
| hasProse | yes ⓘ |
| hasPublication | quarto edition 1605 ⓘ |
| hasVerse | yes ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Jacobean drama ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | English Renaissance ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
blend of romantic and satiric plots
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complex portrayal of a courtesan ⓘ witty prose dialogue ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| publisherOfFirstEdition | Thomas Archer ⓘ |
| satirizes |
Puritan morality
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contemporary London society ⓘ sexual hypocrisy ⓘ urban manners ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| setInPeriod | early 17th century ⓘ |
| theme |
double standards
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friendship ⓘ hypocrisy ⓘ lust ⓘ marriage ⓘ morality ⓘ prostitution ⓘ sexual desire ⓘ |
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