The Strolling Manager
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The Strolling Manager is a comic sketch or tale within Washington Irving’s Bracebridge Hall that humorously portrays the misadventures of an itinerant theatrical manager and his troupe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Strolling Manager canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4190760 — 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 Strolling Manager Context triple: [Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists, hasPart, The Strolling Manager]
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A.
The Last Rung on the Ladder
"The Last Rung on the Ladder" is a poignant, emotionally driven short story by Stephen King about childhood, guilt, and tragic loss.
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B.
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
"Paying the Cost to Be the Boss" is a classic blues song by B.B. King that showcases his signature guitar style and themes of resilience and authority in relationships.
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C.
The Man Upstairs
The Man Upstairs is the live-action human character in "The LEGO Movie" who represents the controlling, perfectionist father counterpart to the villainous Lord Business.
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D.
The Company Men
The Company Men is a 2010 American drama film that explores the personal and professional fallout of corporate downsizing on a group of white-collar workers.
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E.
The Assistant
The Assistant is a 1957 novel by Bernard Malamud that explores themes of guilt, redemption, and immigrant life in mid-20th-century America through the relationship between a Jewish shopkeeper and his troubled assistant.
- 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 Strolling Manager Target entity description: The Strolling Manager is a comic sketch or tale within Washington Irving’s Bracebridge Hall that humorously portrays the misadventures of an itinerant theatrical manager and his troupe.
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A.
The Last Rung on the Ladder
"The Last Rung on the Ladder" is a poignant, emotionally driven short story by Stephen King about childhood, guilt, and tragic loss.
-
B.
Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
"Paying the Cost to Be the Boss" is a classic blues song by B.B. King that showcases his signature guitar style and themes of resilience and authority in relationships.
-
C.
The Man Upstairs
The Man Upstairs is the live-action human character in "The LEGO Movie" who represents the controlling, perfectionist father counterpart to the villainous Lord Business.
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D.
The Company Men
The Company Men is a 2010 American drama film that explores the personal and professional fallout of corporate downsizing on a group of white-collar workers.
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E.
The Assistant
The Assistant is a 1957 novel by Bernard Malamud that explores themes of guilt, redemption, and immigrant life in mid-20th-century America through the relationship between a Jewish shopkeeper and his troubled assistant.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic sketch
ⓘ
literary tale ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Strolling Manager (Bracebridge Hall sketch) ⓘ |
| author | Washington Irving ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresCharacterType |
itinerant theatrical manager
ⓘ
strolling players ⓘ travelling theatre troupe ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Bracebridge Hall ⓘ |
| genre |
comic prose
ⓘ
humorous fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | short prose narrative ⓘ |
| hasNarrator |
Geoffrey Crayon (pseudonymous narrator)
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linked to:
Geoffrey Crayon
|
| includedInCollectionBy |
John Murray (publisher)
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linked to:
John Murray
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| literarySeries | Geoffrey Crayon works ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | prose ⓘ |
| partOf | Bracebridge Hall ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1822 ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists ⓘ |
| settingType | English countryside ⓘ |
| theme |
misadventure
ⓘ
satire of theatrical life ⓘ social observation ⓘ theatre and performance ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
ⓘ
lightly satirical ⓘ |
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