The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (stage show)

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stage show theatrical adaptation

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (stage show) is a theatrical adaptation of Douglas Adams' cult science-fiction comedy, bringing the absurd intergalactic adventures and dry British humor of the original story to the live stage.

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Label	Occurrences
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (stage adaptations)	4
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (stage show) canonical	1
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy adaptations	1
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (adaptations)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T119922 — 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 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (stage show)
Context triple: [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, hasAdaptation, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (stage show)]

A. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a comedic science fiction series following the misadventures of an unwitting human and his alien friend as they travel through an absurd and satirical universe.
B. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is a comic science fiction novel by Douglas Adams, serving as the second book in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series and continuing the absurd adventures of Arthur Dent and his companions.
C. Life, the Universe and Everything
Life, the Universe and Everything is the third comedic science fiction novel in Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, continuing the absurd adventures of Arthur Dent and his companions.
D. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
"So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish" is the fourth comedic science fiction novel in Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, following Arthur Dent's return to a mysteriously restored Earth and his romance with the enigmatic Fenchurch.
E. Mostly Harmless
Mostly Harmless is the fifth and final novel in Douglas Adams's comic science fiction series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, continuing the misadventures of Arthur Dent in an absurd and satirical universe.
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 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (stage show)
Target entity description: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (stage show) is a theatrical adaptation of Douglas Adams' cult science-fiction comedy, bringing the absurd intergalactic adventures and dry British humor of the original story to the live stage.

A. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a comedic science fiction series following the misadventures of an unwitting human and his alien friend as they travel through an absurd and satirical universe.
B. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is a comic science fiction novel by Douglas Adams, serving as the second book in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series and continuing the absurd adventures of Arthur Dent and his companions.
C. Life, the Universe and Everything
Life, the Universe and Everything is the third comedic science fiction novel in Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, continuing the absurd adventures of Arthur Dent and his companions.
D. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
"So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish" is the fourth comedic science fiction novel in Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, following Arthur Dent's return to a mysteriously restored Earth and his romance with the enigmatic Fenchurch.
E. Mostly Harmless
Mostly Harmless is the fifth and final novel in Douglas Adams's comic science fiction series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, continuing the misadventures of Arthur Dent in an absurd and satirical universe.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	stage show ⓘ theatrical adaptation ⓘ
adaptationOfFranchise	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise ⓘ linked to: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
basedOn	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy	Douglas Adams ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Arthur Dent ⓘ Ford Prefect ⓘ Marvin the Paranoid Android ⓘ Trillian ⓘ Zaphod Beeblebrox ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ science fiction ⓘ science fiction comedy ⓘ
hasCultFollowing	true ⓘ
hasFormat	stage performance ⓘ
hasHumorStyle	dry British humor ⓘ
hasTheme	absurdity of the universe ⓘ critique of bureaucracy ⓘ meaning of life ⓘ technology and society ⓘ
intendedAudience	adult ⓘ young adult ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
medium	live theatre ⓘ
narrativeFeature	absurd intergalactic adventures ⓘ
narrativeTone	comic ⓘ satirical ⓘ
originalAuthorOfSourceMaterial	Douglas Adams ⓘ
partOf	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy adaptations ⓘ linked to: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (stage show)
subjectMatter	absurdism ⓘ intergalactic adventure ⓘ satire of bureaucracy ⓘ space travel ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy → hasAdaptation → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (stage show) ⓘ

Marvin the Paranoid Android → appearsIn → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (stage adaptations) ⓘ