Edward Bond
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Edward Bond is a British playwright known for his provocative, politically charged dramas and influential contributions to modern theatre.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edward Bond canonical | 22 |
| Edward Bond is a playwright | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2050042 — 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: Edward Bond Context triple: [Commissar Danilov, createdBy, Edward Bond]
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A.
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter was a Nobel Prize–winning British playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor renowned for his minimalist dialogue, tense silences, and influential works such as "The Birthday Party" and "The Homecoming."
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B.
John Osborne
John Osborne was a prominent British playwright and screenwriter, best known for his groundbreaking play "Look Back in Anger" and his influential role in the "Angry Young Men" movement in postwar British theatre.
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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.
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D.
A. D. Gordon
A. D. Gordon was a pioneering Zionist thinker and activist whose spiritual and practical emphasis on manual agricultural labor profoundly shaped the ideology and ethos of Labor Zionism in early 20th-century Palestine.
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E.
Douglas Dunn
Douglas Dunn is a Scottish poet, editor, and academic known for his reflective verse and significant contributions to contemporary British poetry.
- 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: Edward Bond Target entity description: Edward Bond is a British playwright known for his provocative, politically charged dramas and influential contributions to modern theatre.
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A.
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter was a Nobel Prize–winning British playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor renowned for his minimalist dialogue, tense silences, and influential works such as "The Birthday Party" and "The Homecoming."
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B.
John Osborne
John Osborne was a prominent British playwright and screenwriter, best known for his groundbreaking play "Look Back in Anger" and his influential role in the "Angry Young Men" movement in postwar British theatre.
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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.
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D.
A. D. Gordon
A. D. Gordon was a pioneering Zionist thinker and activist whose spiritual and practical emphasis on manual agricultural labor profoundly shaped the ideology and ethos of Labor Zionism in early 20th-century Palestine.
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E.
Douglas Dunn
Douglas Dunn is a Scottish poet, editor, and academic known for his reflective verse and significant contributions to contemporary British poetry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dramatist
ⓘ
person ⓘ playwright ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| alive | true ⓘ |
| awardReceived | John Whiting Award ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1934-07-18 ⓘ |
| familyName | Bond ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
political drama ⓘ tragedy ⓘ |
| givenName | Edward ⓘ |
| influenced |
British theatre
ⓘ
contemporary playwrights ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Bertolt Brecht
ⓘ
European avant-garde theatre ⓘ Samuel Beckett ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
modernist theatre
ⓘ
political theatre ⓘ |
| name | Edward Bond ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableEvent | censorship controversy over the play "Saved" ⓘ |
| notableFor |
politically charged drama
ⓘ
provocative plays ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bingo
ⓘ
Early Morning ⓘ Lear ⓘ Saved ⓘ The Pope’s Wedding ⓘ The Sea ⓘ The War Plays ⓘ |
| occupation |
playwright
ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| workSubject |
class conflict
ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ state power ⓘ violence in society ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
experimental
ⓘ
politically engaged ⓘ |
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Subject: Edward Bond Description of subject: Edward Bond is a British playwright known for his provocative, politically charged dramas and influential contributions to modern theatre.
Referenced by (23)
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linked to: Edward Bond