Shakespeare’s Restless World (BBC Radio 4 series)
E547878
Shakespeare’s Restless World is a BBC Radio 4 series, presented by Neil MacGregor, that explores the world of William Shakespeare through the stories of contemporary objects and artifacts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shakespeare’s Restless World (BBC Radio 4 series) canonical | 1 |
| Shakespeare’s Restless World (radio series) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5786301 — 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: Shakespeare’s Restless World (BBC Radio 4 series) Context triple: [Neil MacGregor, notableWork, Shakespeare’s Restless World (BBC Radio 4 series)]
-
A.
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.
-
B.
Arden Shakespeare series
The Arden Shakespeare series is a highly respected scholarly edition of William Shakespeare’s works, known for its authoritative texts, extensive annotations, and critical introductions used widely in academic study.
-
C.
Brush Up Your Shakespeare
"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.
-
D.
Shakespeare Country
Shakespeare Country is a popular tourist region in Warwickshire, England, centered on Stratford-upon-Avon and surrounding areas associated with the life and works of William Shakespeare.
-
E.
Life of William Shakespeare
Life of William Shakespeare is a comprehensive biographical study of William Shakespeare written by the English literary scholar Sir Sidney Lee.
- 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: Shakespeare’s Restless World (BBC Radio 4 series) Target entity description: Shakespeare’s Restless World is a BBC Radio 4 series, presented by Neil MacGregor, that explores the world of William Shakespeare through the stories of contemporary objects and artifacts.
-
A.
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.
-
B.
Arden Shakespeare series
The Arden Shakespeare series is a highly respected scholarly edition of William Shakespeare’s works, known for its authoritative texts, extensive annotations, and critical introductions used widely in academic study.
-
C.
Brush Up Your Shakespeare
"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.
-
D.
Shakespeare Country
Shakespeare Country is a popular tourist region in Warwickshire, England, centered on Stratford-upon-Avon and surrounding areas associated with the life and works of William Shakespeare.
-
E.
Life of William Shakespeare
Life of William Shakespeare is a comprehensive biographical study of William Shakespeare written by the English literary scholar Sir Sidney Lee.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
BBC Radio 4 programme
ⓘ
radio documentary series ⓘ |
| about |
cultural context of Shakespeare’s plays
ⓘ
material culture in the late 16th and early 17th centuries ⓘ political context of Shakespeare’s lifetime ⓘ social history of early modern England ⓘ |
| associatedWith | British Museum ⓘ |
| basedOn | material culture of the early modern period ⓘ |
| broadcaster | BBC Radio 4 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | BBC Radio 4 ⓘ |
| distributionFormat |
audio download
ⓘ
radio broadcast ⓘ |
| explores |
connections between Shakespeare’s works and contemporary objects
ⓘ
daily life in Shakespeare’s London ⓘ global influences on Elizabethan and Jacobean England ⓘ |
| features |
analysis of historical artefacts
ⓘ
discussion of museum objects ⓘ |
| focusesOn | objects and artefacts from Shakespeare’s time ⓘ |
| format | radio series ⓘ |
| genre | history radio series ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
book "Shakespeare’s Restless World" by Neil MacGregor
ⓘ
linked to:
Shakespeare’s Restless World
|
| hasAuthorOfCompanionBook | Neil MacGregor ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
cultural history
ⓘ
educational broadcasting ⓘ |
| hasPart | individual episodes about specific historical objects ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general public
ⓘ
listeners interested in Shakespeare ⓘ listeners interested in history ⓘ |
| languageOfAdaptation | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Elizabethan England
ⓘ
linked to:
Tudor England
Jacobean England ⓘ
linked to:
Stuart period
William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| mediaType | audio ⓘ |
| medium | radio ⓘ |
| narrator | Neil MacGregor ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC Radio 4 ⓘ |
| presenter | Neil MacGregor ⓘ |
| producer | BBC ⓘ |
| publisherOfAdaptation | Allen Lane ⓘ |
| topic |
Renaissance England
ⓘ
linked to:
English Renaissance
Shakespearean drama ⓘ theatre history ⓘ |
| workPresentedBy | Neil MacGregor ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Shakespeare’s Restless World (BBC Radio 4 series) Description of subject: Shakespeare’s Restless World is a BBC Radio 4 series, presented by Neil MacGregor, that explores the world of William Shakespeare through the stories of contemporary objects and artifacts.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Shakespeare’s Restless World (BBC Radio 4 series)