A Voyage Round My Father (play)
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A Voyage Round My Father is a semi-autobiographical stage play by John Mortimer that portrays his complex relationship with his blind barrister father.
All labels observed (1)
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| A Voyage Round My Father (play) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11076151 — 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: A Voyage Round My Father (play) Context triple: [John Mortimer, wrote, A Voyage Round My Father (play)]
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A.
The Rehearsal; or, Bays in Petticoats
The Rehearsal; or, Bays in Petticoats is an 18th-century satirical stage piece associated with comic actress Kitty Clive, known for lampooning theatrical and literary pretensions of its time.
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B.
The Women (play)
The Women is a 1936 satirical comedy play by Clare Boothe Luce that portrays the lives, rivalries, and romantic entanglements of a group of wealthy New York women, notable for its all-female cast.
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C.
A Play for a Passenger
A Play for a Passenger is a Russian drama film directed by Vera Glagoleva that explores complex human relationships during a train journey.
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D.
Terra Nova (play)
Terra Nova is a stage play by Ted Tally that dramatizes Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated Antarctic expedition, blending historical fact with psychological exploration.
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E.
The Gazebo (play)
The Gazebo is a 1958 Broadway mystery-comedy play, co-written by Alec Coppel and Leueen MacGrath, about a television writer who tries to dispose of a blackmailer’s body in his backyard gazebo with farcical consequences.
- 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: A Voyage Round My Father (play) Target entity description: A Voyage Round My Father is a semi-autobiographical stage play by John Mortimer that portrays his complex relationship with his blind barrister father.
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A.
The Rehearsal; or, Bays in Petticoats
The Rehearsal; or, Bays in Petticoats is an 18th-century satirical stage piece associated with comic actress Kitty Clive, known for lampooning theatrical and literary pretensions of its time.
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B.
The Women (play)
The Women is a 1936 satirical comedy play by Clare Boothe Luce that portrays the lives, rivalries, and romantic entanglements of a group of wealthy New York women, notable for its all-female cast.
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C.
A Play for a Passenger
A Play for a Passenger is a Russian drama film directed by Vera Glagoleva that explores complex human relationships during a train journey.
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D.
Terra Nova (play)
Terra Nova is a stage play by Ted Tally that dramatizes Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated Antarctic expedition, blending historical fact with psychological exploration.
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E.
The Gazebo (play)
The Gazebo is a 1958 Broadway mystery-comedy play, co-written by Alec Coppel and Leueen MacGrath, about a television writer who tries to dispose of a blackmailer’s body in his backyard gazebo with farcical consequences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
semi-autobiographical play
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stage play ⓘ theatrical work ⓘ |
| author | John Mortimer ⓘ |
| basedOn |
John Mortimer’s relationship with his father
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life of John Mortimer ⓘ |
| characterAttribute | blind ⓘ |
| characterOccupation | barrister ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation |
author
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barrister ⓘ playwright ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | episodic ⓘ |
| form | play in acts ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical drama
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drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
A Voyage Round My Father (television adaptation)
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linked to:
A Voyage Round My Father
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| hasTheme |
admiration and resentment
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coming of age ⓘ conflict between independence and dependence ⓘ disability and denial ⓘ emotional distance within families ⓘ memory and recollection ⓘ |
| hasTitle | A Voyage Round My Father ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century British drama ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
John Mortimer (as a character)
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linked to:
John Mortimer
John Mortimer’s father ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | first-person reminiscence ⓘ |
| notableFor |
portrayal of a blind barrister
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wry, humorous treatment of family tensions ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays | complex relationship between John Mortimer and his father ⓘ |
| setting |
England
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legal world of the English Bar ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
blindness
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family relationships ⓘ father–son relationship ⓘ legal profession ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult ⓘ |
| tone |
comic
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poignant ⓘ |
| workOf | John Mortimer ⓘ |
| writer | John Mortimer ⓘ |
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Subject: A Voyage Round My Father (play) Description of subject: A Voyage Round My Father is a semi-autobiographical stage play by John Mortimer that portrays his complex relationship with his blind barrister father.
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