The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
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The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window is a 1964 social drama play by Lorraine Hansberry that explores political idealism, race, and personal disillusionment in Greenwich Village.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window Context triple: [Lorraine Hansberry, notableWork, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window]
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A.
A Delicate Balance
A Delicate Balance is a Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Edward Albee that explores the fragility of family relationships and the existential anxieties underlying upper-middle-class life.
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B.
Long Day’s Journey into Night
Long Day’s Journey into Night is a landmark autobiographical drama by Eugene O’Neill that portrays a single day of escalating conflict and addiction within a troubled American family.
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C.
Three Tall Women
Three Tall Women is a Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Edward Albee that explores memory, aging, and identity through three characters who represent different stages of a woman's life.
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D.
In the Bedroom
In the Bedroom is a 2001 American drama film directed by Todd Field that explores the emotional fallout of a tragic crime on a middle-class family in coastal Maine.
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E.
The Journals of John Cheever
The Journals of John Cheever is a posthumously published collection of the American writer’s private diaries, offering an intimate look at his personal struggles, creative life, and inner conflicts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window Target entity description: The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window is a 1964 social drama play by Lorraine Hansberry that explores political idealism, race, and personal disillusionment in Greenwich Village.
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A.
A Delicate Balance
A Delicate Balance is a Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Edward Albee that explores the fragility of family relationships and the existential anxieties underlying upper-middle-class life.
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B.
Long Day’s Journey into Night
Long Day’s Journey into Night is a landmark autobiographical drama by Eugene O’Neill that portrays a single day of escalating conflict and addiction within a troubled American family.
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C.
Three Tall Women
Three Tall Women is a Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Edward Albee that explores memory, aging, and identity through three characters who represent different stages of a woman's life.
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D.
In the Bedroom
In the Bedroom is a 2001 American drama film directed by Todd Field that explores the emotional fallout of a tragic crime on a middle-class family in coastal Maine.
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E.
The Journals of John Cheever
The Journals of John Cheever is a posthumously published collection of the American writer’s private diaries, offering an intimate look at his personal struggles, creative life, and inner conflicts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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stage work ⓘ |
| author | Lorraine Hansberry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creatorGenderOfAuthor | female ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | realist drama ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| firstRunLocation | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsWork | A Raisin in the Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
political drama
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realist drama ⓘ social drama ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
1960s American counterculture
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civil rights movement era ⓘ |
| hasDialogueLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryPeriod | 20th-century American drama ⓘ |
| hasNotableAspect |
addresses interracial issues indirectly
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engages with leftist politics ⓘ second major play by Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ set in bohemian Greenwich Village apartment ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Sidney Brustein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType | three-act play ⓘ |
| intendedMedium | live theatre performance ⓘ |
| locationOfNarrative | Greenwich Village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Iris Brustein
NERFINISHED
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Sidney Brustein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediumOfPerformance | theatre ⓘ |
| movement | civil rights era drama ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American theatre ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPerformance | Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1960s ⓘ |
| subject |
activism
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bohemian culture ⓘ marriage ⓘ personal disillusionment ⓘ political idealism ⓘ race ⓘ |
| theme |
conflict between idealism and realism
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disillusionment with political movements ⓘ identity ⓘ interpersonal relationships ⓘ racial politics in the United States ⓘ |
| writer | Lorraine Hansberry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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