Hay Fever (stage)
E246482
Hay Fever (stage) is a classic 1924 comedy of manners by Noël Coward, centering on the eccentric Bliss family and their hapless weekend guests.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hay Fever | 1 |
| Hay Fever (stage) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2250288 — 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: Hay Fever (stage) Context triple: [Alison Steadman, notableWork, Hay Fever (stage)]
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A.
Snowdrops
Snowdrops is an informal nickname for members of the Royal Air Force Police in the United Kingdom.
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B.
The Fever Van
The Fever Van is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry that depicts an urban street scene centered on an ambulance-like "fever van," capturing the atmosphere of working-class life in industrial England.
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C.
Fluzão
Fluzão is a popular nickname for Fluminense Football Club, one of Brazil’s traditional Rio de Janeiro–based football teams.
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D.
Rushes
"Rushes" is a notable work by the artist known as The Fireman, the experimental music project of Paul McCartney and producer Youth.
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E.
Fla-Flu
Fla-Flu is one of Brazil’s most famous and historic football rivalries, contested between Rio de Janeiro clubs Flamengo and Fluminense.
- 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: Hay Fever (stage) Target entity description: Hay Fever (stage) is a classic 1924 comedy of manners by Noël Coward, centering on the eccentric Bliss family and their hapless weekend guests.
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A.
Snowdrops
Snowdrops is an informal nickname for members of the Royal Air Force Police in the United Kingdom.
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B.
The Fever Van
The Fever Van is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry that depicts an urban street scene centered on an ambulance-like "fever van," capturing the atmosphere of working-class life in industrial England.
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C.
Fluzão
Fluzão is a popular nickname for Fluminense Football Club, one of Brazil’s traditional Rio de Janeiro–based football teams.
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D.
Rushes
"Rushes" is a notable work by the artist known as The Fireman, the experimental music project of Paul McCartney and producer Youth.
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E.
Fla-Flu
Fla-Flu is one of Brazil’s most famous and historic football rivalries, contested between Rio de Janeiro clubs Flamengo and Fluminense.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedy of manners
ⓘ
stage play ⓘ theatrical work ⓘ |
| author | Noël Coward ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1924 ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1925 ⓘ |
| firstPerformedAt |
Ambassadors Theatre
ⓘ
surface form:
Ambassadors Theatre, London
|
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
comedy of manners ⓘ |
| hasActCount | three acts ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Hay Fever (radio adaptation)
ⓘ
Hay Fever (television adaptation) ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
David Bliss
ⓘ
Judith Bliss ⓘ Simon Bliss ⓘ Sorel Bliss ⓘ |
| hasPublisher |
Methuen Drama
ⓘ
Samuel French ⓘ |
| influenced | later British drawing-room comedies ⓘ |
| language | English dialogue ⓘ |
| mainCharacters | Bliss family ⓘ |
| movement | interwar British theatre ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ensemble comedy
ⓘ
strong roles for actresses ⓘ |
| notableRevival |
1964 National Theatre production
ⓘ
1984 West End revival ⓘ 2012 West End revival ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalProductionDirector | Noël Coward ⓘ |
| partOf |
Noël Coward
ⓘ
surface form:
Noël Coward stage works
|
| placeOfFirstPerformance |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
West End ⓘ |
| setting | Bliss family country house ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
| style |
light social satire
ⓘ
witty dialogue ⓘ |
| subject |
eccentric family
ⓘ
weekend guests ⓘ |
| theme |
clash between bohemian and conventional values
ⓘ
family eccentricity ⓘ romantic entanglements ⓘ social manners ⓘ |
| typicalRunningTime | about two hours ⓘ |
| writer | Noël Coward ⓘ |
| yearOfWork | 1924 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hay Fever (stage) Description of subject: Hay Fever (stage) is a classic 1924 comedy of manners by Noël Coward, centering on the eccentric Bliss family and their hapless weekend guests.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Hay Fever