The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical)
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The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical) is a Broadway musical by Frank Wildhorn, Nan Knighton, and David Zippel that blends romance, adventure, and humor in its retelling of Baroness Orczy’s tale of an English aristocrat secretly rescuing victims from the French Revolution.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Scarlet Pimpernel | 2 |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical) Context triple: [The Scarlet Pimpernel, adaptation, The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical)]
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A.
A Tale of Two Cities (Broadway musical)
A Tale of Two Cities is a Broadway musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel, featuring a sweeping score and dramatic retelling of the French Revolution-era story of love, sacrifice, and redemption.
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B.
The Three Musketeers (musical adaptation)
The Three Musketeers (musical adaptation) is a stage musical version of Alexandre Dumas’ classic swashbuckling novel, adapted for the theatre by playwright Guy Bolton.
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C.
Half a Sixpence (musical)
Half a Sixpence is a British stage musical, with music and lyrics by David Heneker, based on H.G. Wells’s novel "Kipps" about an orphaned draper’s assistant who unexpectedly inherits a fortune.
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D.
Yeomen of the Guard
The Yeomen of the Guard are the monarch’s ceremonial bodyguards in the United Kingdom, known as one of the oldest royal military corps and recognizable by their distinctive Tudor-style uniforms.
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E.
Harlequinade
Harlequinade is a one-act play by Terence Rattigan, often performed alongside *The Browning Version*, that offers a light, farcical backstage comedy contrasting with its companion piece’s serious tone.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical) Target entity description: The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical) is a Broadway musical by Frank Wildhorn, Nan Knighton, and David Zippel that blends romance, adventure, and humor in its retelling of Baroness Orczy’s tale of an English aristocrat secretly rescuing victims from the French Revolution.
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A.
A Tale of Two Cities (Broadway musical)
A Tale of Two Cities is a Broadway musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel, featuring a sweeping score and dramatic retelling of the French Revolution-era story of love, sacrifice, and redemption.
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B.
The Three Musketeers (musical adaptation)
The Three Musketeers (musical adaptation) is a stage musical version of Alexandre Dumas’ classic swashbuckling novel, adapted for the theatre by playwright Guy Bolton.
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C.
Half a Sixpence (musical)
Half a Sixpence is a British stage musical, with music and lyrics by David Heneker, based on H.G. Wells’s novel "Kipps" about an orphaned draper’s assistant who unexpectedly inherits a fortune.
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D.
Yeomen of the Guard
The Yeomen of the Guard are the monarch’s ceremonial bodyguards in the United Kingdom, known as one of the oldest royal military corps and recognizable by their distinctive Tudor-style uniforms.
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E.
Harlequinade
Harlequinade is a one-act play by Terence Rattigan, often performed alongside *The Browning Version*, that offers a light, farcical backstage comedy contrasting with its companion piece’s serious tone.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway musical
ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Scarlet Pimpernel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Scarlet Pimpernel (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Baroness Orczy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bookWriter | Nan Knighton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
heroism
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identity and disguise ⓘ romantic love ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| choreographer | Adam Pelty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Frank Wildhorn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Peter H. Hunt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresSong |
Falcon in the Dive
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Into the Fire NERFINISHED ⓘ Madame Guillotine NERFINISHED ⓘ Prayer ⓘ She Was There NERFINISHED ⓘ Storybook ⓘ The Creation of Man NERFINISHED ⓘ When I Look at You NERFINISHED ⓘ You Are My Home NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure musical
ⓘ
musical comedy ⓘ romantic musical ⓘ |
| hasCastRecording | The Scarlet Pimpernel original Broadway cast recording NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMultipleVersions | yes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
David Zippel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nan Knighton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | live theatre ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Chauvelin
NERFINISHED
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Marguerite St. Just NERFINISHED ⓘ Percy Blakeney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableProductionType | Broadway revival and revisions ⓘ |
| openedOnBroadway | 1997-11-09 ⓘ |
| orchestrator | Kim Scharnberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayStar |
Christine Andreas
NERFINISHED
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Douglas Sills NERFINISHED ⓘ Terrence Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1997-11-09 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation |
Broadway
NERFINISHED
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Minskoff Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Pierre Cossette
NERFINISHED
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Radio City Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | French Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | English aristocrat rescuing victims from the French Revolution ⓘ |
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Subject: The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical) Description of subject: The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical) is a Broadway musical by Frank Wildhorn, Nan Knighton, and David Zippel that blends romance, adventure, and humor in its retelling of Baroness Orczy’s tale of an English aristocrat secretly rescuing victims from the French Revolution.
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
this entity surface form:
The Scarlet Pimpernel