The Curtain Theatre
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The Curtain Theatre was an Elizabethan playhouse in Shoreditch, London, active in the late 16th and early 17th centuries and closely associated with early performances of Shakespeare’s plays.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Curtain Theatre canonical | 2 |
| Curtain Theatre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16450407 — 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 Curtain Theatre Context triple: [Every Man in His Humour, firstPerformanceVenue, The Curtain Theatre]
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A.
The Rose Theatre
The Rose Theatre was one of the earliest and most important Elizabethan playhouses in London, closely associated with the rise of English Renaissance drama and the works of playwrights like Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare.
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B.
Wyndham's Theatre
Wyndham's Theatre is a historic London playhouse in the West End, renowned for staging major plays and star-led productions since the late 19th century.
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C.
Ambassadors Theatre
Ambassadors Theatre is a historic West End playhouse in London known for staging a variety of plays and intimate theatrical productions.
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D.
Theatre Royal Haymarket
Theatre Royal Haymarket is one of London’s oldest and most prestigious West End theatres, renowned for its historic architecture and long-standing tradition of staging major plays and productions.
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E.
Covent Garden Theatre
Covent Garden Theatre was a major London playhouse that evolved into the Royal Opera House, serving as a leading venue for drama, opera, and later ballet from the 18th century onward.
- 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 Curtain Theatre Target entity description: The Curtain Theatre was an Elizabethan playhouse in Shoreditch, London, active in the late 16th and early 17th centuries and closely associated with early performances of Shakespeare’s plays.
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A.
The Rose Theatre
The Rose Theatre was one of the earliest and most important Elizabethan playhouses in London, closely associated with the rise of English Renaissance drama and the works of playwrights like Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare.
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B.
Wyndham's Theatre
Wyndham's Theatre is a historic London playhouse in the West End, renowned for staging major plays and star-led productions since the late 19th century.
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C.
Ambassadors Theatre
Ambassadors Theatre is a historic West End playhouse in London known for staging a variety of plays and intimate theatrical productions.
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D.
Theatre Royal Haymarket
Theatre Royal Haymarket is one of London’s oldest and most prestigious West End theatres, renowned for its historic architecture and long-standing tradition of staging major plays and productions.
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E.
Covent Garden Theatre
Covent Garden Theatre was a major London playhouse that evolved into the Royal Opera House, serving as a leading venue for drama, opera, and later ballet from the 18th century onward.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Curtain Theatre