Brewster family home

E778064

fictional house theatrical setting

The Brewster family home is the central, darkly comic household in the play "Arsenic and Old Lace," where an eccentric family’s murderous secrets unfold.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Brewster family house	2
Brewster family home canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9098350 — 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: Brewster family home
Context triple: [Arsenic and Old Lace (play), setting, Brewster family home]

A. Wallace family home
The Wallace family home is the Victorian-era Independence, Missouri residence where President Harry S. Truman lived with his wife Bess and which now serves as the centerpiece of the Harry S. Truman National Historic Site.
B. Cunningham family home
The Cunningham family home is the suburban Milwaukee house that serves as the primary setting for the Cunningham family in the classic TV sitcom "Happy Days."
C. Smith family house
The Smith family house is the suburban home featured in the animated television series "American Dad!", where Roger the Alien and the Smith family live and much of the show's action takes place.
D. Hunter House
Hunter House is a historic 18th-century waterfront mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, renowned for its colonial architecture and period furnishings.
E. Griffin family house
The Griffin family house is the suburban Rhode Island residence featured in the animated television series "Family Guy," serving as the primary setting for the Griffin family's daily misadventures.
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: Brewster family home
Target entity description: The Brewster family home is the central, darkly comic household in the play "Arsenic and Old Lace," where an eccentric family’s murderous secrets unfold.

A. Wallace family home
The Wallace family home is the Victorian-era Independence, Missouri residence where President Harry S. Truman lived with his wife Bess and which now serves as the centerpiece of the Harry S. Truman National Historic Site.
B. Cunningham family home
The Cunningham family home is the suburban Milwaukee house that serves as the primary setting for the Cunningham family in the classic TV sitcom "Happy Days."
C. Smith family house
The Smith family house is the suburban home featured in the animated television series "American Dad!", where Roger the Alien and the Smith family live and much of the show's action takes place.
D. Hunter House
Hunter House is a historic 18th-century waterfront mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, renowned for its colonial architecture and period furnishings.
E. Griffin family house
The Griffin family house is the suburban Rhode Island residence featured in the animated television series "Family Guy," serving as the primary setting for the Griffin family's daily misadventures.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional house ⓘ theatrical setting ⓘ
adaptedIn	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944 film) ⓘ linked to: Arsenic and Old Lace (film)
appearsIn	Arsenic and Old Lace ⓘ linked to: Arsenic and Old Lace (play)
associatedCharacter	Abby Brewster ⓘ Jonathan Brewster ⓘ Martha Brewster ⓘ Mortimer Brewster ⓘ Teddy Brewster ⓘ
associatedFamily	Brewster family ⓘ
contains	cellar used to bury victims ⓘ windows used for comic business and entrances ⓘ
createdBy	Joseph Kesselring ⓘ
dramaticFunction	confining space that heightens farcical timing ⓘ site of mistaken identities and surprise discoveries ⓘ
filmPortrayal	house interior set in the 1944 film adaptation ⓘ
firstAppearance	Arsenic and Old Lace (1941 stage premiere) ⓘ linked to: Arsenic and Old Lace (play)
genreContext	black comedy ⓘ dark comedy ⓘ
locatedInFiction	Brooklyn ⓘ New York City ⓘ
medium	stage play ⓘ
narrativeRole	central setting ⓘ primary location of action ⓘ
ownershipInFiction	Abby Brewster ⓘ Martha Brewster ⓘ
plotFunction	location where the Brewster sisters commit murders ⓘ place where Mortimer discovers his aunts’ crimes ⓘ site of hidden graves in the cellar ⓘ
theatricalDesignElement	includes access to cellar ⓘ includes front door used for entrances and exits ⓘ includes visible staircase ⓘ single-set living room ⓘ
themeRelation	juxtaposition of normalcy and insanity ⓘ satire of respectable family life ⓘ
timeSetting	20th century ⓘ
toneContribution	contrast between cozy domesticity and murder ⓘ darkly comic atmosphere ⓘ
usedFor	housing lonely old men before murdering them ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Arsenic and Old Lace (play) → setting → Brewster family home ⓘ

Abby Brewster → residesIn → Brewster family house ⓘ

linked to: Brewster family home

Martha Brewster → residesIn → Brewster family house ⓘ