The Theatre (London playhouse)
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The Theatre was one of the first permanent public playhouses in London, built in 1576 and closely associated with early Elizabethan drama and the works of William Shakespeare.
All labels observed (2)
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| The Theatre (London playhouse) canonical | 1 |
| The Theatre (playhouse) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20048492 — 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 Theatre (London playhouse) Context triple: [James Burbage, hasNotableWork, The Theatre (London playhouse)]
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A.
The Curtain Theatre
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Globe Theatre
The Globe Theatre was the former name of the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, a prominent Broadway theater in New York City.
- 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 Theatre (London playhouse) Target entity description: The Theatre was one of the first permanent public playhouses in London, built in 1576 and closely associated with early Elizabethan drama and the works of William Shakespeare.
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A.
The Curtain Theatre
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Globe Theatre
The Globe Theatre was the former name of the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, a prominent Broadway theater in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Theatre (London playhouse)