Brush Up Your Shakespeare
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"Brush Up Your Shakespeare" is a comic showtune from Cole Porter's musical *Kiss Me, Kate*, in which two gangsters humorously advise wooing women by quoting Shakespeare.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Shakespearean Baseball Game | 1 |
| Brush Up Your Shakespeare canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5492450 — 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: Brush Up Your Shakespeare Context triple: [Kiss Me, Kate, notableSong, Brush Up Your Shakespeare]
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A.
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare is a comprehensive reference book in which Isaac Asimov explains the historical, cultural, and literary background of Shakespeare’s plays and poems for modern readers.
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B.
The Yale Shakespeare
The Yale Shakespeare is a distinguished scholarly edition of William Shakespeare’s works published by Yale University Press, known for its authoritative texts and academic commentary.
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C.
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human
"Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human" is a landmark critical study by Harold Bloom that argues Shakespeare fundamentally shaped modern conceptions of human character and consciousness.
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D.
Shakespeare; or, the Poet
"Shakespeare; or, the Poet" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that examines William Shakespeare’s genius and significance as the archetypal poet, included as one of the portraits in his collection "Representative Men."
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E.
Shakespeare-Wallah
Shakespeare-Wallah is a 1965 English-language Indian drama film, directed by James Ivory and written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, that follows a traveling British theatre troupe in post-colonial India as they struggle to survive amid the rising popularity of Bollywood cinema.
- 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: Brush Up Your Shakespeare Target entity description: "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" is a comic showtune from Cole Porter's musical *Kiss Me, Kate*, in which two gangsters humorously advise wooing women by quoting Shakespeare.
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A.
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare is a comprehensive reference book in which Isaac Asimov explains the historical, cultural, and literary background of Shakespeare’s plays and poems for modern readers.
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B.
The Yale Shakespeare
The Yale Shakespeare is a distinguished scholarly edition of William Shakespeare’s works published by Yale University Press, known for its authoritative texts and academic commentary.
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C.
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human
"Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human" is a landmark critical study by Harold Bloom that argues Shakespeare fundamentally shaped modern conceptions of human character and consciousness.
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D.
Shakespeare; or, the Poet
"Shakespeare; or, the Poet" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson that examines William Shakespeare’s genius and significance as the archetypal poet, included as one of the portraits in his collection "Representative Men."
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E.
Shakespeare-Wallah
Shakespeare-Wallah is a 1965 English-language Indian drama film, directed by James Ivory and written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, that follows a traveling British theatre troupe in post-colonial India as they struggle to survive amid the rising popularity of Bollywood cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| composer | Cole Porter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Cole Porter ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceInWork |
Kiss Me, Kate (original production)
ⓘ
linked to:
Kiss Me, Kate
|
| hasForm | duet ⓘ |
| hasGenre | musical theatre song ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
literary allusion
ⓘ
romantic persuasion ⓘ |
| includedIn | Kiss Me, Kate original cast recordings ⓘ |
| intendedPerformanceVenue | Broadway theatre ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme | wooing women by quoting Shakespeare ⓘ |
| lyricist | Cole Porter ⓘ |
| musicalTheatreGenre | comic song ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | comic relief number ⓘ |
| originalMedium | stage musical ⓘ |
| partOfWork | Kiss Me, Kate ⓘ |
| performanceContext | sung by two gangsters ⓘ |
| references |
Shakespearean plays
ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWork | 20th century ⓘ |
| tonality | humorous ⓘ |
| workFromWhichTitleDerived | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Brush Up Your Shakespeare Description of subject: "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" is a comic showtune from Cole Porter's musical *Kiss Me, Kate*, in which two gangsters humorously advise wooing women by quoting Shakespeare.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Brush Up Your Shakespeare