The Shoemaker's Holiday
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The Shoemaker's Holiday is a late-16th-century English comedy play by Thomas Dekker that portrays the lives and aspirations of London shoemakers with a mix of humor, social commentary, and festive spirit.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Shoemaker's Holiday canonical | 2 |
| The Shoemaker’s Holiday | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4860638 — 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 Shoemaker's Holiday Context triple: [Thomas Dekker, notableWork, The Shoemaker's Holiday]
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A.
Last Holiday
Last Holiday is a 2006 romantic comedy film starring Queen Latifah as a shy saleswoman who, believing she has only weeks to live, splurges on a dream vacation in Europe and rediscovers herself.
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B.
The Holiday
The Holiday is a 2006 romantic comedy film about two women who swap homes over Christmas to escape their personal troubles and unexpectedly find new love.
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C.
My Favorite Husband
My Favorite Husband is a late-1940s American radio sitcom starring Lucille Ball that served as a precursor to and inspiration for the television series I Love Lucy.
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D.
The Baker's Wife
The Baker's Wife is a central, pragmatic yet yearning character in "Into the Woods," whose desire for a child drives much of the story’s moral complexity and emotional depth.
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E.
The Baker's Wife
The Baker's Wife is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, based on a French film about a small village disrupted when the baker’s young wife runs off with a handsome lover.
- 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 Shoemaker's Holiday Target entity description: The Shoemaker's Holiday is a late-16th-century English comedy play by Thomas Dekker that portrays the lives and aspirations of London shoemakers with a mix of humor, social commentary, and festive spirit.
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A.
Last Holiday
Last Holiday is a 2006 romantic comedy film starring Queen Latifah as a shy saleswoman who, believing she has only weeks to live, splurges on a dream vacation in Europe and rediscovers herself.
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B.
The Holiday
The Holiday is a 2006 romantic comedy film about two women who swap homes over Christmas to escape their personal troubles and unexpectedly find new love.
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C.
My Favorite Husband
My Favorite Husband is a late-1940s American radio sitcom starring Lucille Ball that served as a precursor to and inspiration for the television series I Love Lucy.
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D.
The Baker's Wife
The Baker's Wife is a central, pragmatic yet yearning character in "Into the Woods," whose desire for a child drives much of the story’s moral complexity and emotional depth.
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E.
The Baker's Wife
The Baker's Wife is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, based on a French film about a small village disrupted when the baker’s young wife runs off with a handsome lover.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Elizabethan play
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English Renaissance drama ⓘ comedy play ⓘ stage play ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Dekker ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
class relations
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festivity ⓘ labor and craft ⓘ patriotism ⓘ social mobility ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | city comedy about tradesmen ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | five-act structure ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Jane
ⓘ
King Henry VI ⓘ
linked to:
King Henry VI of England
Margery Eyre ⓘ Ralph Damport ⓘ Rose Oatley ⓘ Rowland Lacy ⓘ Simon Eyre ⓘ Sir Roger Oatley ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCompany |
Admiral's Men
ⓘ
linked to:
Admiral’s Men
|
| firstPerformanceDate | 1599 ⓘ |
| firstPerformancePlace |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
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| firstPublicationDate | 1600 ⓘ |
| form | prose and verse ⓘ |
| genre |
city comedy
ⓘ
comedy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio adaptations
ⓘ
stage revivals in the 20th century ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
apprenticeship
ⓘ
marriage across class boundaries ⓘ shoemakers ⓘ |
| licensedBy |
Master of the Revels
ⓘ
linked to:
Lord Chamberlain
|
| licensedDate | 1599 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Elizabethan drama
ⓘ
linked to:
English Renaissance drama
|
| notableFor |
depiction of London craftsmen
ⓘ
sympathetic portrayal of artisans ⓘ use of colloquial speech ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | English Renaissance theatre repertoire ⓘ |
| plotElement |
a nobleman disguises himself as a shoemaker
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a separated married couple is reunited ⓘ a shoemaker rises to become Lord Mayor of London ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
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| settingPeriod | late 16th century ⓘ |
| tone |
comic
ⓘ
festive ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Shoemaker's Holiday Description of subject: The Shoemaker's Holiday is a late-16th-century English comedy play by Thomas Dekker that portrays the lives and aspirations of London shoemakers with a mix of humor, social commentary, and festive spirit.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.