The Great Sebastians (play)
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The Great Sebastians is a mid-20th-century stage comedy about a husband-and-wife team of spiritualist performers whose deceptions unravel amid political intrigue in postwar Europe.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Great Sebastians (play) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9328056 — 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 Great Sebastians (play) Context triple: [Leueen MacGrath, notableWork, The Great Sebastians (play)]
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A.
Jezebel (play)
"Jezebel (play)" is a stage drama that served as the source material for the 1938 Bette Davis film about a headstrong Southern woman whose defiance leads to personal and social ruin in antebellum New Orleans.
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B.
The Great Sebastian
The Great Sebastian is a charismatic and daring trapeze artist who serves as one of the central performers in the classic circus drama film "The Greatest Show on Earth."
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C.
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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D.
The Golden Age (play)
The Golden Age is a stage play by British actor and playwright Jack Shepherd, known for its exploration of political and social themes.
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E.
The Procuress
The Procuress is a 1622 genre painting by Dutch Caravaggist Dirck van Baburen depicting a brothel scene with a leering procuress overseeing a transaction between a man and a young woman.
- 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 Great Sebastians (play) Target entity description: The Great Sebastians is a mid-20th-century stage comedy about a husband-and-wife team of spiritualist performers whose deceptions unravel amid political intrigue in postwar Europe.
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A.
Jezebel (play)
"Jezebel (play)" is a stage drama that served as the source material for the 1938 Bette Davis film about a headstrong Southern woman whose defiance leads to personal and social ruin in antebellum New Orleans.
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B.
The Great Sebastian
The Great Sebastian is a charismatic and daring trapeze artist who serves as one of the central performers in the classic circus drama film "The Greatest Show on Earth."
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C.
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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D.
The Golden Age (play)
The Golden Age is a stage play by British actor and playwright Jack Shepherd, known for its exploration of political and social themes.
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E.
The Procuress
The Procuress is a 1622 genre painting by Dutch Caravaggist Dirck van Baburen depicting a brothel scene with a leering procuress overseeing a transaction between a man and a young woman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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stage comedy ⓘ |
| author |
Howard Lindsay
ⓘ
Russel Crouse ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| director | Vincent J. Donehue ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1955 ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
deception
ⓘ
identity ⓘ marriage ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| mainCharacters | husband-and-wife team of spiritualist performers ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | unraveling of fraudulent spiritualist acts ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| premiereTheatre |
Broadway theatre
ⓘ
linked to:
Broadway Theatre
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| producer | Leland Hayward ⓘ |
| productionType | Broadway play ⓘ |
| setting | postwar Europe ⓘ |
| starring |
Alfred Lunt
ⓘ
Lynn Fontanne ⓘ |
| subject |
political intrigue
ⓘ
spiritualism ⓘ stage magicians ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| writtenIn | mid-20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Great Sebastians (play) Description of subject: The Great Sebastians is a mid-20th-century stage comedy about a husband-and-wife team of spiritualist performers whose deceptions unravel amid political intrigue in postwar Europe.
Referenced by (1)
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