Robert Lepage

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Canadian artist film director human playwright screenwriter stage actor theatre director

Robert Lepage is a renowned Canadian playwright, actor, and director celebrated for his innovative, multimedia-driven approach to theatre and opera.

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Label	Occurrences
Robert Lepage canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1524576 — 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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Target entity: Robert Lepage
Context triple: [Glenn Gould Prize, notableLaureate, Robert Lepage]

A. Peter Brook
Peter Brook was a highly influential British theatre and film director renowned for his innovative, minimalist stagings and groundbreaking work with Shakespeare and experimental theatre.
B. Nicholas Hytner
Nicholas Hytner is a prominent British theatre and film director, best known as a former artistic director of London’s National Theatre and for acclaimed productions on both stage and screen.
C. Desmond Boal
Desmond Boal was a Northern Irish barrister and politician who co-founded the Democratic Unionist Party alongside Ian Paisley and played a key role in shaping its early unionist and hardline policies.
D. Trevor Nunn
Trevor Nunn is a renowned British theatre and film director best known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and for directing landmark stage musicals such as "Les Misérables" and "Cats."
E. Armande Béjart
Armande Béjart was a 17th-century French actress of the Comédie-Française, known for her prominent stage career and her controversial marriage to the playwright Molière.
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: Robert Lepage
Target entity description: Robert Lepage is a renowned Canadian playwright, actor, and director celebrated for his innovative, multimedia-driven approach to theatre and opera.

A. Peter Brook
Peter Brook was a highly influential British theatre and film director renowned for his innovative, minimalist stagings and groundbreaking work with Shakespeare and experimental theatre.
B. Nicholas Hytner
Nicholas Hytner is a prominent British theatre and film director, best known as a former artistic director of London’s National Theatre and for acclaimed productions on both stage and screen.
C. Desmond Boal
Desmond Boal was a Northern Irish barrister and politician who co-founded the Democratic Unionist Party alongside Ian Paisley and played a key role in shaping its early unionist and hardline policies.
D. Trevor Nunn
Trevor Nunn is a renowned British theatre and film director best known for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and for directing landmark stage musicals such as "Les Misérables" and "Cats."
E. Armande Béjart
Armande Béjart was a 17th-century French actress of the Comédie-Française, known for her prominent stage career and her controversial marriage to the playwright Molière.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian artist ⓘ film director ⓘ human ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ stage actor ⓘ theatre director ⓘ
activeSince	1980s ⓘ
birthDate	1958-12-12 ⓘ
birthPlace	Canada ⓘ Quebec ⓘ linked to: Quebec, Canada Quebec City ⓘ
directed	Der Ring des Nibelungen (Metropolitan Opera production) ⓘ linked to: Der Ring des Nibelungen Ka (Cirque du Soleil show) ⓘ linked to: Cirque du Soleil Le Confessionnal (film) ⓘ linked to: Le Confessionnal Needles and Opium (stage production) ⓘ Polygraph (film) ⓘ linked to: Polygraph The Damnation of Faust (opera production) ⓘ linked to: Berlioz La damnation de Faust The Dragons’ Trilogy (stage production) ⓘ The Far Side of the Moon (film) ⓘ linked to: The Far Side of the Moon The Nightingale and Other Short Fables (opera production) ⓘ The Seven Streams of the River Ota (stage production) ⓘ Totem (Cirque du Soleil show) ⓘ linked to: Cirque du Soleil
familyName	Lepage ⓘ
fieldOfWork	film ⓘ multimedia performance ⓘ opera ⓘ theatre ⓘ
founded	Ex Machina ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Robert ⓘ
hasAward	Companion of the Order of Canada ⓘ Europe Theatre Prize ⓘ linked to: European Theatre Prize Governor General’s Performing Arts Award ⓘ linked to: Governor General's Performing Arts Award Prix Denise-Pelletier ⓘ
influenced	contemporary multimedia theatre ⓘ
influencedBy	Quebec theatre tradition ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
name	Robert Lepage ⓘ
nationality	Canadian ⓘ
notableFor	innovative multimedia-driven stage productions ⓘ integration of video and technology in theatre ⓘ
notableWork	Le Confessionnal ⓘ Needles and Opium ⓘ Polygraph ⓘ Possible Worlds (stage production) ⓘ The Dragons’ Trilogy ⓘ The Far Side of the Moon ⓘ The Seven Streams of the River Ota ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ film director ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ theatre director ⓘ
residence	Quebec City ⓘ
style	multimedia theatre ⓘ nonlinear narrative ⓘ