Farragut North (play)
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Farragut North is a political drama play by Beau Willimon that explores ambition, manipulation, and moral compromise within the high-stakes world of American election campaigns.
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| Farragut North (play) canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Farragut North (play) Context triple: [Beau Willimon, notableWork, Farragut North (play)]
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The Warrens of Virginia (play)
The Warrens of Virginia is an early 20th-century American stage drama set during the Civil War, written by playwright William C. deMille.
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B.
State of the Union (play)
State of the Union (play) is a 1945 Pulitzer Prize–winning political drama by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse that explores the moral compromises of a presidential candidate and his wife during a tumultuous election campaign.
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C.
The Magnificent Yankee
The Magnificent Yankee is a 1950 biographical film in which Louis Calhern portrays U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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D.
Fiorello! (musical)
Fiorello! is a Pulitzer Prize–winning Broadway musical that dramatizes the early political career and reformist zeal of New York City mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia.
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E.
The Gulf Playhouse
The Gulf Playhouse was an early 1950s American live television anthology drama series that aired on NBC.
- 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: Farragut North (play) Target entity description: Farragut North is a political drama play by Beau Willimon that explores ambition, manipulation, and moral compromise within the high-stakes world of American election campaigns.
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A.
The Warrens of Virginia (play)
The Warrens of Virginia is an early 20th-century American stage drama set during the Civil War, written by playwright William C. deMille.
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B.
State of the Union (play)
State of the Union (play) is a 1945 Pulitzer Prize–winning political drama by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse that explores the moral compromises of a presidential candidate and his wife during a tumultuous election campaign.
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C.
The Magnificent Yankee
The Magnificent Yankee is a 1950 biographical film in which Louis Calhern portrays U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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D.
Fiorello! (musical)
Fiorello! is a Pulitzer Prize–winning Broadway musical that dramatizes the early political career and reformist zeal of New York City mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia.
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E.
The Gulf Playhouse
The Gulf Playhouse was an early 1950s American live television anthology drama series that aired on NBC.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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stage play ⓘ |
| author | Beau Willimon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Beau Willimon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocation | Off-Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| firstPerformedAt | Atlantic Theater Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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political drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Ides of March (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Ida Horowicz
NERFINISHED
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Molly NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Zara NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen Bellamy NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Duffy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStageProduction |
2008 Atlantic Theater Company production
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2009 Geffen Playhouse production ⓘ 2013 Southwark Playhouse London production ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Howard Dean 2004 presidential campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American election campaigns
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manipulation in politics ⓘ moral compromise ⓘ political ambition ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of modern American campaign culture
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inspiring the film The Ides of March ⓘ |
| partOf | contemporary American political theatre ⓘ |
| premiereType | Off-Broadway premiere ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| setting | United States presidential primary campaign ⓘ |
| subjectOf | The Ides of March (2011 film adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
corruption in politics
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loyalty and betrayal ⓘ media and political spin ⓘ personal ethics vs. career advancement ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | Farragut North Washington Metro station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | Washington, D.C. political power center ⓘ |
| writer | Beau Willimon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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