Life with Mother (play)
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Life with Mother is a mid-20th-century stage comedy by Howard Lindsay (with Russel Crouse) that continues the nostalgic family saga begun in their earlier hit Life with Father.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Life with Mother (play) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9326509 — 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)
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Target entity: Life with Mother (play) Context triple: [Howard Lindsay, notableWork, Life with Mother (play)]
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A Doll's Life
A Doll's Life is a 1982 Broadway musical with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green that imagines what happens to Nora after the ending of Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House.
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Life with Father (original Broadway production)
Life with Father (original Broadway production) is a long-running 1939 Broadway stage comedy, adapted from Clarence Day’s stories about his family life in turn-of-the-century New York.
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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 Other Mother
The Other Mother is a biographical work by Victoria Riskin that explores the life and legacy of her mother, the pioneering Hollywood screenwriter and activist Fay Kanin.
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E.
Life with Father
Life with Father is a 1947 American comedy film, based on the long-running Broadway play, that humorously portrays the strict yet endearing patriarch of a New York family in the 1880s.
- 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: Life with Mother (play) Target entity description: Life with Mother is a mid-20th-century stage comedy by Howard Lindsay (with Russel Crouse) that continues the nostalgic family saga begun in their earlier hit Life with Father.
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A.
A Doll's Life
A Doll's Life is a 1982 Broadway musical with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green that imagines what happens to Nora after the ending of Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House.
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B.
Life with Father (original Broadway production)
Life with Father (original Broadway production) is a long-running 1939 Broadway stage comedy, adapted from Clarence Day’s stories about his family life in turn-of-the-century New York.
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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 Other Mother
The Other Mother is a biographical work by Victoria Riskin that explores the life and legacy of her mother, the pioneering Hollywood screenwriter and activist Fay Kanin.
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E.
Life with Father
Life with Father is a 1947 American comedy film, based on the long-running Broadway play, that humorously portrays the strict yet endearing patriarch of a New York family in the 1880s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | stage play ⓘ |
| author |
Howard Lindsay
ⓘ
Russel Crouse ⓘ |
| basedOn | Life with Father ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coWriter |
Howard Lindsay
ⓘ
Russel Crouse ⓘ |
| creator |
Howard Lindsay
ⓘ
Russel Crouse ⓘ |
| follows | Life with Father ⓘ |
| genre | comedy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCycle |
Life with Father series
ⓘ
linked to:
Life with Father (TV series)
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| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeContinuityWith | Life with Father ⓘ |
| notableFor | nostalgic depiction of American family life ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace | New York City ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | family life ⓘ |
| theme |
domestic life
ⓘ
marriage ⓘ parent–child relationships ⓘ |
| workType | stage comedy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Life with Mother (play) Description of subject: Life with Mother is a mid-20th-century stage comedy by Howard Lindsay (with Russel Crouse) that continues the nostalgic family saga begun in their earlier hit Life with Father.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.