The Good Person of Szechwan
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The Good Person of Szechwan is a socially critical play by Bertolt Brecht that explores the challenges of living a moral life within an unjust, capitalist society.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Good Person of Szechwan canonical | 2 |
| "The Good Person of Szechwan" | 1 |
| Der gute Mensch von Sezuan | 1 |
| The Good Person of Szechwan (productions) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1348001 — 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 Good Person of Szechwan Context triple: [Bertolt Brecht, notableWork, The Good Person of Szechwan]
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A.
The Teahouse of the August Moon
The Teahouse of the August Moon is a Pulitzer Prize–winning Broadway comedy about post–World War II American occupation in Okinawa, later adapted into a successful film and musical.
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B.
Cleanness
Cleanness is a Middle English alliterative poem, often attributed to the Pearl Poet, that explores the virtue of spiritual purity through biblical narratives and moral exempla.
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C.
Jedermann
Jedermann is a famous morality play by Hugo von Hofmannsthal that has become an iconic centerpiece of the annual Salzburg Festival.
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D.
Uncle Vanya
Uncle Vanya is a renowned tragicomic play by Anton Chekhov that explores unfulfilled lives, wasted potential, and emotional turmoil in a rural Russian estate.
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E.
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.
- 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 Good Person of Szechwan Target entity description: The Good Person of Szechwan is a socially critical play by Bertolt Brecht that explores the challenges of living a moral life within an unjust, capitalist society.
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A.
The Teahouse of the August Moon
The Teahouse of the August Moon is a Pulitzer Prize–winning Broadway comedy about post–World War II American occupation in Okinawa, later adapted into a successful film and musical.
-
B.
Cleanness
Cleanness is a Middle English alliterative poem, often attributed to the Pearl Poet, that explores the virtue of spiritual purity through biblical narratives and moral exempla.
-
C.
Jedermann
Jedermann is a famous morality play by Hugo von Hofmannsthal that has become an iconic centerpiece of the annual Salzburg Festival.
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D.
Uncle Vanya
Uncle Vanya is a renowned tragicomic play by Anton Chekhov that explores unfulfilled lives, wasted potential, and emotional turmoil in a rural Russian estate.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epic theatre work
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play ⓘ |
| author | Bertolt Brecht ⓘ |
| centralConflict | individual goodness versus systemic injustice ⓘ |
| centralQuestion | whether it is possible to be good in a corrupt society ⓘ |
| character |
Shen Te
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Shui Ta ⓘ Wang the water seller ⓘ Yang Sun ⓘ the three gods ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| criticizes |
bourgeois morality
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capitalist social relations ⓘ economic inequality ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure |
11 scenes
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prologue and epilogue ⓘ |
| dramaticTechnique |
Verfremdungseffekt
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direct address to the audience ⓘ narration ⓘ songs ⓘ |
| explores |
the commodification of human relations
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the tension between altruism and self‑preservation ⓘ |
| firstPerformance | 1943 ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCountry | Switzerland ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocation | Zurich ⓘ |
| form | play in three acts ⓘ |
| genre |
epic theatre
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political theatre ⓘ social drama ⓘ |
| hasAlterEgoDevice | Shen Te becomes Shui Ta ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
epic theatre
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modernism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
capitalism and exploitation
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goodness versus self‑interest ⓘ morality in an unjust society ⓘ poverty and survival ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
didactic elements aimed at provoking social critique
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open, unresolved ending ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
The Good Person of Szechwan
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Der gute Mensch von Sezuan
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| periodOfWork | 20th century ⓘ |
| philosophicalInfluence |
Brechtian epic theatre theory
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Marxism ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A poor but kind woman, Shen Te, tries to live a good life after receiving money from visiting gods, but must adopt a ruthless alter ego, Shui Ta, to survive in a corrupt society. ⓘ |
| protagonist | Shen Te ⓘ |
| setting |
China
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Sichuan Province ⓘ
surface form:
Szechwan
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Good Person of Szechwan Description of subject: The Good Person of Szechwan is a socially critical play by Bertolt Brecht that explores the challenges of living a moral life within an unjust, capitalist society.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
The Good Person of Szechwan
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The Good Person of Szechwan
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this entity surface form:
Der gute Mensch von Sezuan
this entity surface form:
The Good Person of Szechwan (productions)
this entity surface form:
"The Good Person of Szechwan"