Our Town (play)
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Our Town (play) is a 1938 three-act drama by Thornton Wilder that portrays the everyday lives and profound themes of love, mortality, and community in the fictional small town of Grover’s Corners.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10812606 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Our Town (play) Context triple: [Our Town, basedOn, Our Town (play)]
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A.
Our Town
Our Town is a classic 1940 American drama film adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s play, directed by Sam Wood and celebrated for its poignant portrayal of small-town life and universal human experiences.
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The Boys from Syracuse
The Boys from Syracuse is a 1938 Rodgers and Hart musical comedy based on Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, known for its mistaken-identity plot and classic songs.
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C.
The Glass Menagerie (stage)
The Glass Menagerie (stage) is a classic memory play by Tennessee Williams that portrays a fragile St. Louis family grappling with lost dreams and harsh realities.
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A Street Scene
A Street Scene is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry that depicts everyday urban life with his characteristic industrial landscapes and stylized “matchstick” figures.
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The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh is a 1939 play by American dramatist Eugene O’Neill that portrays a group of down-and-out barflies confronting their shattered illusions when visited by a charismatic salesman.
- 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: Our Town (play) Target entity description: Our Town (play) is a 1938 three-act drama by Thornton Wilder that portrays the everyday lives and profound themes of love, mortality, and community in the fictional small town of Grover’s Corners.
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A.
Our Town
Our Town is a classic 1940 American drama film adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s play, directed by Sam Wood and celebrated for its poignant portrayal of small-town life and universal human experiences.
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B.
The Boys from Syracuse
The Boys from Syracuse is a 1938 Rodgers and Hart musical comedy based on Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, known for its mistaken-identity plot and classic songs.
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C.
The Glass Menagerie (stage)
The Glass Menagerie (stage) is a classic memory play by Tennessee Williams that portrays a fragile St. Louis family grappling with lost dreams and harsh realities.
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D.
A Street Scene
A Street Scene is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry that depicts everyday urban life with his characteristic industrial landscapes and stylized “matchstick” figures.
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E.
The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh is a 1939 play by American dramatist Eugene O’Neill that portrays a group of down-and-out barflies confronting their shattered illusions when visited by a charismatic salesman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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theatrical work ⓘ |
| author | Thornton Wilder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Pulitzer Prize for Drama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| broadwayPremiereDate | 1938-02-04 ⓘ |
| broadwayPremierePlace | Henry Miller’s Theatre, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fictionalTownBasedIn | New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1938-01-22 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace | McCarter Theatre, Princeton, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Coward-McCann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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metatheatre ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Our Town (1940 film)
NERFINISHED
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Our Town (opera) NERFINISHED ⓘ Our Town (television adaptations) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Act I: Daily Life
NERFINISHED
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Act II: Love and Marriage NERFINISHED ⓘ Act III: Death and Eternity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyStudiedIn |
American colleges
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American high schools ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Dr. Gibbs
NERFINISHED
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Emily Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ George Gibbs NERFINISHED ⓘ Mr. Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Gibbs NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ Stage Manager NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | Stage Manager as narrator ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 3 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American theatrical canon ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| setting | Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1901–1913 ⓘ |
| stylisticFeature |
breaking the fourth wall
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minimal scenery ⓘ pantomimed props ⓘ |
| theme |
appreciation of ordinary moments
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community ⓘ everyday life ⓘ family ⓘ love ⓘ marriage ⓘ mortality ⓘ the passage of time ⓘ |
| timeSpanCoveredInPlot | 12 years ⓘ |
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Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Our Town
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Our Town
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NBC television production Our Town (1955)
this entity surface form:
Our Town
subject surface form:
Thornton Wilder
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Our Town
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Our Town (Off-Broadway production)
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Our Town (Barrow Street Theatre production)
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Stage Manager in Our Town (Barrow Street Theatre)
subject surface form:
Love and Marriage
this entity surface form:
Our Town (1955 television production)