The Gazebo (play)
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The Gazebo is a 1958 Broadway mystery-comedy play, co-written by Alec Coppel and Leueen MacGrath, about a television writer who tries to dispose of a blackmailer’s body in his backyard gazebo with farcical consequences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Gazebo (play) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9328057 — 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: The Gazebo (play) Context triple: [Leueen MacGrath, notableWork, The Gazebo (play)]
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The Green Goddess (play)
The Green Goddess (play) is a 1921 melodramatic stage thriller by William Archer about British hostages held by a fanatical ruler in a remote Himalayan kingdom.
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B.
The Playhouse
The Playhouse is a 1921 silent short comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton, famous for its groundbreaking multiple-exposure effects that show Keaton playing nearly every role on screen.
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C.
The Man in the Glass Booth (play)
The Man in the Glass Booth is a stage play by Robert Shaw that explores identity, guilt, and the legacy of the Holocaust through the trial of a wealthy Jewish industrialist accused of being a Nazi war criminal.
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D.
The Women (play)
The Women is a 1936 satirical comedy play by Clare Boothe Luce that portrays the lives, rivalries, and romantic entanglements of a group of wealthy New York women, notable for its all-female cast.
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E.
Bus Stop (play)
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- 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: The Gazebo (play) Target entity description: The Gazebo is a 1958 Broadway mystery-comedy play, co-written by Alec Coppel and Leueen MacGrath, about a television writer who tries to dispose of a blackmailer’s body in his backyard gazebo with farcical consequences.
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A.
The Green Goddess (play)
The Green Goddess (play) is a 1921 melodramatic stage thriller by William Archer about British hostages held by a fanatical ruler in a remote Himalayan kingdom.
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B.
The Playhouse
The Playhouse is a 1921 silent short comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton, famous for its groundbreaking multiple-exposure effects that show Keaton playing nearly every role on screen.
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C.
The Man in the Glass Booth (play)
The Man in the Glass Booth is a stage play by Robert Shaw that explores identity, guilt, and the legacy of the Holocaust through the trial of a wealthy Jewish industrialist accused of being a Nazi war criminal.
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D.
The Women (play)
The Women is a 1936 satirical comedy play by Clare Boothe Luce that portrays the lives, rivalries, and romantic entanglements of a group of wealthy New York women, notable for its all-female cast.
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E.
Bus Stop (play)
Bus Stop (play) is a 1955 romantic comedy-drama by William Inge that centers on a group of strangers stranded overnight in a Kansas diner during a snowstorm, exploring their intersecting relationships and personal revelations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mystery-comedy play
ⓘ
stage play ⓘ |
| adaptationType | film adaptation ⓘ |
| author |
Alec Coppel
ⓘ
Leueen MacGrath ⓘ |
| basedOnByAdaptation |
The Gazebo (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Gazebo
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coWriter |
Alec Coppel
ⓘ
Leueen MacGrath ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1958 ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
farce ⓘ mystery ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Gazebo (film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Gazebo
|
| hasTitle | The Gazebo ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | television writer ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
attempted body disposal
ⓘ
blackmail ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalProductionLocation | Broadway ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A television writer attempts to dispose of a blackmailer’s body in his backyard gazebo, leading to farcical complications. ⓘ |
| setting |
backyard gazebo
ⓘ
suburban house ⓘ |
| tone |
comic
ⓘ
suspenseful ⓘ |
| workType | mystery-comedy stage play ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1958 ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: The Gazebo (play) Description of subject: The Gazebo is a 1958 Broadway mystery-comedy play, co-written by Alec Coppel and Leueen MacGrath, about a television writer who tries to dispose of a blackmailer’s body in his backyard gazebo with farcical consequences.
Referenced by (1)
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