Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

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stage play theatrical work

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is a stage play by Tom Stoppard that combines drama with a live orchestra to critique political repression and the misuse of psychiatry.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour canonical	3
Every Good Boy	1
“Every Good Boy Does Fine” essay (The New Yorker)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3067132 — 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: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Context triple: [Tom Stoppard, notableWork, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour]

A. Fugue in a Nursery
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B. I Whistle a Happy Tune
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C. Heebie Jeebies
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D. The Most Happy Piano
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E. Girls at the Piano
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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: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Target entity description: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is a stage play by Tom Stoppard that combines drama with a live orchestra to critique political repression and the misuse of psychiatry.

A. Fugue in a Nursery
Fugue in a Nursery is the second play in Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song Trilogy, a darkly comic drama exploring gay relationships, love, and identity.
B. I Whistle a Happy Tune
"I Whistle a Happy Tune" is a cheerful show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The King and I," known for its theme of using outward confidence to overcome fear.
C. Heebie Jeebies
"Heebie Jeebies" is a 1926 jazz recording by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, famous for popularizing scat singing in mainstream jazz.
D. The Most Happy Piano
The Most Happy Piano is a jazz album by pianist Erroll Garner showcasing his distinctive, exuberant swing style and inventive improvisations.
E. Girls at the Piano
Girls at the Piano is an 1892 Impressionist painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir depicting two young girls playing a piano in a warmly lit domestic interior.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	stage play ⓘ theatrical work ⓘ
author	Tom Stoppard ⓘ
co-creator	André Previn ⓘ
composerOfMusic	André Previn ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizes	Soviet-style psychiatric abuse ⓘ misuse of psychiatry ⓘ political repression ⓘ
features	live orchestra on stage ⓘ
firstPerformanceCity	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
firstPerformanceDate	1977 ⓘ
firstProducedAt	Royal Shakespeare Theatre ⓘ
firstProducedBy	Royal Shakespeare Company ⓘ
firstProducedIn	Stratford-upon-Avon ⓘ linked to: Stratford-on-Avon
genre	drama ⓘ political satire ⓘ
hasCharacterType	orchestral musicians ⓘ political dissident ⓘ psychiatrist ⓘ
hasForm	one-act play ⓘ
hasIntendedEnsembleSize	full symphony orchestra ⓘ
hasLiveOrchestra	true ⓘ
hasMusicStyle	orchestral ⓘ
hasPoliticalContext	Soviet dissident movement ⓘ
hasTargetOfSatire	state-controlled psychiatry ⓘ
hasTheme	conflict between individual conscience and state power ⓘ political prisoners ⓘ sanity and insanity ⓘ truth and propaganda ⓘ
hasTitleOrigin	mnemonic for lines of the treble clef ⓘ
isFrequentlyRevivedBy	major theatre companies ⓘ
isWrittenBy	Tom Stoppard ⓘ
mainCharacter	Alexander Ivanov ⓘ Ivanov’s son ⓘ a genuine psychiatric patient named Alexander ⓘ
medium	stage ⓘ
notableFor	critique of totalitarian regimes ⓘ integration of full symphony orchestra into dramatic action ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
setting	Soviet Union ⓘ
structure	play with orchestra as a character ⓘ
subjectMatter	abuse of medical authority ⓘ freedom of expression ⓘ political dissidence ⓘ psychiatric incarceration ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted	Cold War ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Tom Stoppard → notableWork → Every Good Boy Deserves Favour ⓘ

Jeremy Denk → notableWork → “Every Good Boy Does Fine” essay (The New Yorker) ⓘ

linked to: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

A Question of Balance → chronologicallyPrecedes → Every Good Boy Deserves Favour ⓘ

Graeme Edge → notableWork → Every Good Boy Deserves Favour ⓘ

Joyful Noise → hasTrack → Every Good Boy ⓘ