Buried Child
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Buried Child is a Pulitzer Prize–winning darkly comic drama by Sam Shepard that explores the disintegration of an American Midwestern family and the secrets haunting their farm.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Buried Child canonical | 18 |
| Sam Shepard family trilogy | 2 |
| Act I of Buried Child | 1 |
| Buried Child (1978 play) | 1 |
| Buried Child (1978) | 1 |
| Buried Child universe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Buried Child Context triple: [Sam Shepard, notableWork, Buried Child]
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A.
Long Day’s Journey into Night
Long Day’s Journey into Night is a landmark autobiographical drama by Eugene O’Neill that portrays a single day of escalating conflict and addiction within a troubled American family.
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B.
A Delicate Balance
A Delicate Balance is a Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Edward Albee that explores the fragility of family relationships and the existential anxieties underlying upper-middle-class life.
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C.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire is a landmark American play by Tennessee Williams that explores desire, mental instability, and social decay in postwar New Orleans.
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D.
Birth of a Salesman
"Birth of a Salesman" is a humorous short story by P. G. Wodehouse set in his Blandings Castle universe.
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E.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1958 American drama film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play, renowned for its intense family conflict and starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman.
- 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: Buried Child Target entity description: Buried Child is a Pulitzer Prize–winning darkly comic drama by Sam Shepard that explores the disintegration of an American Midwestern family and the secrets haunting their farm.
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A.
Long Day’s Journey into Night
Long Day’s Journey into Night is a landmark autobiographical drama by Eugene O’Neill that portrays a single day of escalating conflict and addiction within a troubled American family.
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B.
A Delicate Balance
A Delicate Balance is a Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Edward Albee that explores the fragility of family relationships and the existential anxieties underlying upper-middle-class life.
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C.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire is a landmark American play by Tennessee Williams that explores desire, mental instability, and social decay in postwar New Orleans.
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D.
Birth of a Salesman
"Birth of a Salesman" is a humorous short story by P. G. Wodehouse set in his Blandings Castle universe.
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E.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1958 American drama film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play, renowned for its intense family conflict and starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dark comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ play ⓘ |
| author | Sam Shepard ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Obie Award
ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ |
| broadwayDebutYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| broadwayTheatre | Brooks Atkinson Theatre ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstPerformanceDate | 1978 ⓘ |
| genre |
dark comedy
ⓘ
drama ⓘ family drama ⓘ |
| hasActCount | 3 ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Bradley
ⓘ
Dodge ⓘ Father Dewis ⓘ Halie ⓘ Shelly ⓘ Tilden ⓘ Vince ⓘ |
| hasRevivals | multiple Broadway and Off-Broadway revivals ⓘ |
| influenced | contemporary American family drama ⓘ |
| isPulitzerPrizeWinningWork | true ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
American Dream
ⓘ
alienation ⓘ decay of rural America ⓘ disintegration of the American family ⓘ family secrets ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| movement | postmodern American drama ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of a dysfunctional Midwestern farm family ⓘ |
| notableRevival | 1995 Steppenwolf Theatre Company production ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American theatre canon ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Magic Theatre, San Francisco ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| producedBy |
Magic Theatre
ⓘ
linked to:
Magic Theatre, San Francisco
|
| settingLocation | rural Illinois ⓘ |
| settingRegion |
American Midwest
ⓘ
linked to:
Midwestern United States
|
| style |
expressionism
ⓘ
realism ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
economic decline
ⓘ
incest ⓘ infanticide ⓘ religious hypocrisy ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 1970s ⓘ |
| writer | Sam Shepard ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Buried Child Description of subject: Buried Child is a Pulitzer Prize–winning darkly comic drama by Sam Shepard that explores the disintegration of an American Midwestern family and the secrets haunting their farm.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Shepard
linked to: Buried Child
subject linked to:
Hannah Jane Shepard
linked to: Buried Child
linked to: Buried Child
linked to: Buried Child
linked to: Buried Child