His Majesty's Theatre

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West End theatre theatre building

His Majesty's Theatre is a historic West End theatre in London renowned for staging major musical and operatic productions.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Her Majesty’s Theatre	3
Her Majesty's Theatre	2
Her Majesty's Theatre (19th-century building)	1
His Majesty's Theatre canonical	1
New Prince's Theatre	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4911212 — 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: His Majesty's Theatre
Context triple: [Her Majesty's Theatre, London, hasFormerName, His Majesty's Theatre]

A. His Majesty's Theatre
His Majesty's Theatre is a historic and prominent performing arts venue in Aberdeen, Scotland, known for hosting major theatre, music, and cultural events.
B. King’s Theatre
King’s Theatre is a historic performing arts venue in Edinburgh, Scotland, known for hosting major theatre, opera, and festival productions.
C. Royal Lyceum Theatre
The Royal Lyceum Theatre is a historic Victorian playhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland, renowned as one of the city’s leading venues for drama and performing arts.
D. Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Theatre Royal, Glasgow is a historic and prominent performing arts venue in Glasgow, Scotland, best known as the home of Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet.
E. Glasgow Citizens Theatre
Glasgow Citizens Theatre is a renowned producing theatre in Glasgow, Scotland, known for its bold, innovative productions and influential role in British and European theatre.
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: His Majesty's Theatre
Target entity description: His Majesty's Theatre is a historic West End theatre in London renowned for staging major musical and operatic productions.

A. His Majesty's Theatre
His Majesty's Theatre is a historic and prominent performing arts venue in Aberdeen, Scotland, known for hosting major theatre, music, and cultural events.
B. King’s Theatre
King’s Theatre is a historic performing arts venue in Edinburgh, Scotland, known for hosting major theatre, opera, and festival productions.
C. Royal Lyceum Theatre
The Royal Lyceum Theatre is a historic Victorian playhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland, renowned as one of the city’s leading venues for drama and performing arts.
D. Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Theatre Royal, Glasgow is a historic and prominent performing arts venue in Glasgow, Scotland, best known as the home of Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet.
E. Glasgow Citizens Theatre
Glasgow Citizens Theatre is a renowned producing theatre in Glasgow, Scotland, known for its bold, innovative productions and influential role in British and European theatre.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	West End theatre ⓘ theatre building ⓘ
address	Haymarket, St James's, London SW1Y 4QL, United Kingdom ⓘ linked to: Haymarket, London
architect	C. J. Phipps ⓘ Charles J. Phipps ⓘ linked to: Charles A. Phipps
borough	City of Westminster ⓘ
city	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
constructionMaterial	stone ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
formerName	Her Majesty's Theatre ⓘ linked to: His Majesty's Theatre
hasCategory	Grade II* listed buildings in the City of Westminster ⓘ Music venues in London ⓘ Opera houses in the United Kingdom ⓘ Theatres completed in 1897 ⓘ West End theatres ⓘ
hasPredecessor	Her Majesty's Theatre (19th-century building) ⓘ linked to: His Majesty's Theatre King's Theatre (18th–19th century) ⓘ linked to: King’s Theatre, Haymarket Queen's Theatre (1705) ⓘ linked to: Queen's Theatre earlier theatre on the same site opened 1705 ⓘ
hasType	proscenium arch theatre ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://lwtheatres.co.uk/theatres/his-majestys/ ⓘ
heritageStatus	Grade II* listed building ⓘ
listedBuildingGrade	Grade II* ⓘ
locatedIn	West End of London ⓘ
location	Haymarket, City of Westminster, London, England ⓘ linked to: Haymarket, London
longestRunningShow	The Phantom of the Opera (London production) ⓘ linked to: The Phantom of the Opera
managedBy	LW Theatres ⓘ
notableFor	historic association with opera in London ⓘ long-running West End musical engagements ⓘ
notableProduction	The Phantom of the Opera (1986 stage musical) ⓘ linked to: The Phantom of the Opera
numberOfLevels	multiple tiers including stalls, royal circle, grand circle and balcony ⓘ
opened	1897 ⓘ
openingDate	28 April 1897 ⓘ
owner	Really Useful Theatres Group ⓘ
partOf	London West End theatre district ⓘ linked to: West End theatre district
primaryUse	musical theatre ⓘ opera ⓘ
publicTransit	Charing Cross railway station ⓘ linked to: Charing Cross Underground station Piccadilly Circus Underground station ⓘ
seatingCapacity	approximately 1200 ⓘ
specializesIn	large-scale musical productions ⓘ operatic productions ⓘ
style	Beaux-Arts architecture ⓘ

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