Oxford Playhouse
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Oxford Playhouse is a renowned theatre in Oxford, England, known for staging a wide range of professional and student productions and serving as a major hub for the city's performing arts.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oxford Playhouse canonical | 9 |
| Oxford Playhouse Trust | 2 |
| Playhouse Theatre, Oxford | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T886314 — 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: Oxford Playhouse Context triple: [Oxford, hasCulturalInstitution, Oxford Playhouse]
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A.
Cambridge Arts Theatre
Cambridge Arts Theatre is a prominent independent playhouse in Cambridge, England, known for hosting a wide range of professional drama, touring productions, and cultural events.
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B.
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre is a major performing arts venue in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, renowned as the home of the Royal Shakespeare Company and for its productions of Shakespeare’s plays.
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C.
Swan Theatre
Swan Theatre is an intimate Elizabethan-style playhouse in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, known for staging productions by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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D.
Almeida Theatre
The Almeida Theatre is a renowned London venue known for its innovative, high-quality productions of contemporary and classic plays.
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E.
Mill Theatre
Mill Theatre is a performance venue on the Elmhurst University campus used for theatrical productions and related arts events.
- 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: Oxford Playhouse Target entity description: Oxford Playhouse is a renowned theatre in Oxford, England, known for staging a wide range of professional and student productions and serving as a major hub for the city's performing arts.
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A.
Cambridge Arts Theatre
Cambridge Arts Theatre is a prominent independent playhouse in Cambridge, England, known for hosting a wide range of professional drama, touring productions, and cultural events.
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B.
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre is a major performing arts venue in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, renowned as the home of the Royal Shakespeare Company and for its productions of Shakespeare’s plays.
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C.
Swan Theatre
Swan Theatre is an intimate Elizabethan-style playhouse in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, known for staging productions by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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D.
Almeida Theatre
The Almeida Theatre is a renowned London venue known for its innovative, high-quality productions of contemporary and classic plays.
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E.
Mill Theatre
Mill Theatre is a performance venue on the Elmhurst University campus used for theatrical productions and related arts events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
performing arts venue
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| affiliation | University of Oxford ⓘ |
| architect |
Sir Edward Maufe
ⓘ
linked to:
Edward Maufe
|
| associatedWith |
Oxford University Dramatic Society
ⓘ
student drama groups at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in Oxford
ⓘ
Theatres in Oxford ⓘ Tourist attractions in Oxford ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasBoxOffice | on-site box office ⓘ |
| hasProgramme |
community engagement projects
ⓘ
education and outreach activities ⓘ year-round theatre programme ⓘ youth theatre projects ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.oxfordplayhouse.com/ ⓘ |
| hosts |
comedy performances
ⓘ
dance performances ⓘ family shows ⓘ literary events ⓘ professional theatre productions ⓘ student theatre productions ⓘ talks and lectures ⓘ touring theatre productions ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | primarily English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
City of Oxford
ⓘ
linked to:
Oxford
England ⓘ Oxford ⓘ Oxfordshire ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Ashmolean Museum
ⓘ
Worcester College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Beaumont Street ⓘ |
| nearRailwayStation | Oxford railway station ⓘ |
| notableFor | wide range of professional and student productions ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1938 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Oxford Playhouse Trust
ⓘ
linked to:
Oxford Playhouse
|
| originalOpeningDate | 1938-10-26 ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Oxford Playhouse Trust
ⓘ
linked to:
Oxford Playhouse
|
| publicTransitAccess | Oxford city centre bus services ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | approximately 600 ⓘ |
| servesAs | major hub for performing arts in Oxford ⓘ |
| style | 20th-century theatre architecture ⓘ |
| supports |
emerging theatre artists
ⓘ
new writing in theatre ⓘ |
| underwent | major refurbishment in the 1990s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Oxford Playhouse Description of subject: Oxford Playhouse is a renowned theatre in Oxford, England, known for staging a wide range of professional and student productions and serving as a major hub for the city's performing arts.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Oxford Playhouse
linked to: Oxford Playhouse
linked to: Oxford Playhouse
subject linked to:
The Duck House (stage play)