The Marlowe Theatre
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The Marlowe Theatre is a major performing arts venue in Canterbury renowned for its programme of drama, musicals, comedy, and other live entertainment.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Marlowe Theatre canonical | 3 |
| Marlowe Theatre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1513472 — 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 Marlowe Theatre Context triple: [Canterbury, Kent, England, hasLandmark, The Marlowe Theatre]
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A.
Blackfriars Theatre
Blackfriars Theatre was a prominent indoor playhouse in London that became a key center for English Renaissance drama and home to Shakespeare’s company in the early 17th century.
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B.
The Rose Theatre
The Rose Theatre was one of the earliest and most important Elizabethan playhouses in London, closely associated with the rise of English Renaissance drama and the works of playwrights like Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare.
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C.
Swan Theatre
Swan Theatre is an intimate Elizabethan-style playhouse in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, known for staging productions by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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D.
Covent Garden Theatre
Covent Garden Theatre was a major London playhouse that evolved into the Royal Opera House, serving as a leading venue for drama, opera, and later ballet from the 18th century onward.
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E.
Royal Exchange Theatre
The Royal Exchange Theatre is a renowned producing theatre in Manchester, England, known for its distinctive in-the-round performance space housed within a historic former commodities exchange building.
- 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 Marlowe Theatre Target entity description: The Marlowe Theatre is a major performing arts venue in Canterbury renowned for its programme of drama, musicals, comedy, and other live entertainment.
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A.
Blackfriars Theatre
Blackfriars Theatre was a prominent indoor playhouse in London that became a key center for English Renaissance drama and home to Shakespeare’s company in the early 17th century.
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B.
The Rose Theatre
The Rose Theatre was one of the earliest and most important Elizabethan playhouses in London, closely associated with the rise of English Renaissance drama and the works of playwrights like Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare.
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C.
Swan Theatre
Swan Theatre is an intimate Elizabethan-style playhouse in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, known for staging productions by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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D.
Covent Garden Theatre
Covent Garden Theatre was a major London playhouse that evolved into the Royal Opera House, serving as a leading venue for drama, opera, and later ballet from the 18th century onward.
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E.
Royal Exchange Theatre
The Royal Exchange Theatre is a renowned producing theatre in Manchester, England, known for its distinctive in-the-round performance space housed within a historic former commodities exchange building.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
performing arts venue
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ touring theatre ⓘ |
| architect | Keith Williams Architects ⓘ |
| architectureFirm | Keith Williams Architects ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| demolishedPredecessor | 2009 ⓘ |
| hasEducationProgramme | yes ⓘ |
| hasFoyerFeature | large glass frontage ⓘ |
| hasFunction | regional cultural hub ⓘ |
| hasMainAuditoriumType | proscenium arch theatre ⓘ |
| hasProgrammeFocus |
comedy
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drama ⓘ live entertainment ⓘ musicals ⓘ |
| hasRecognition | major regional theatre in South East England ⓘ |
| hasSecondarySpace | studio theatre ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://marlowetheatre.com ⓘ |
| hosts |
ballet
ⓘ
comedy shows ⓘ drama productions ⓘ family shows ⓘ live music ⓘ musicals ⓘ opera ⓘ pantomime ⓘ stand-up comedy ⓘ touring West End productions ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canterbury
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England ⓘ Kent ⓘ |
| locatedNear | River Stour ⓘ |
| locatedOn | The Friars ⓘ |
| name | The Marlowe Theatre self-link ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Christopher Marlowe ⓘ |
| openedBy |
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
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surface form:
Duke of Wessex
|
| openingDate | 2011-10-04 ⓘ |
| operator |
Canterbury District
ⓘ
surface form:
Canterbury City Council
|
| ownedBy |
Canterbury District
ⓘ
surface form:
Canterbury City Council
|
| predecessor | earlier Marlowe Theatre on same site ⓘ |
| reopened | 2011 ⓘ |
| seatingCapacity | 1200+ ⓘ |
| serves |
Canterbury
ⓘ
Kent ⓘ |
| supports |
community engagement
ⓘ
local arts organisations ⓘ youth theatre ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
Marlowe Theatre