The Playboy of the Western World
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The Playboy of the Western World is a landmark early 20th-century Irish play by J.M. Synge, famed for its dark comedy, lyrical language, and the riots it provoked at its 1907 Dublin premiere.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2302524 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Playboy of the Western World Context triple: [W.B. Yeats, notableWork, The Playboy of the Western World]
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A.
Riders to the Sea
Riders to the Sea is a one-act opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams, based on J. M. Synge’s play, that poignantly portrays the hardships and tragedies of an Irish fishing family.
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B.
Coward of the County
Coward of the County is a popular country song by Kenny Rogers that tells the story of a gentle man pushed to defend his honor and that of his loved one.
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C.
Béal an Átha
Béal an Átha is the Irish-language name for the town of Ballina in County Mayo, Ireland.
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D.
The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh is a 1939 play by American dramatist Eugene O’Neill that portrays a group of down-and-out barflies confronting their shattered illusions when visited by a charismatic salesman.
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E.
The Robber Bridegroom
The Robber Bridegroom is a dark Grimm Brothers fairy tale about a young woman who discovers her seemingly charming fiancé is actually a murderous bandit.
- 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 Playboy of the Western World Target entity description: The Playboy of the Western World is a landmark early 20th-century Irish play by J.M. Synge, famed for its dark comedy, lyrical language, and the riots it provoked at its 1907 Dublin premiere.
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A.
Riders to the Sea
Riders to the Sea is a one-act opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams, based on J. M. Synge’s play, that poignantly portrays the hardships and tragedies of an Irish fishing family.
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B.
Coward of the County
Coward of the County is a popular country song by Kenny Rogers that tells the story of a gentle man pushed to defend his honor and that of his loved one.
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C.
Béal an Átha
Béal an Átha is the Irish-language name for the town of Ballina in County Mayo, Ireland.
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D.
The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh is a 1939 play by American dramatist Eugene O’Neill that portrays a group of down-and-out barflies confronting their shattered illusions when visited by a charismatic salesman.
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E.
The Robber Bridegroom
The Robber Bridegroom is a dark Grimm Brothers fairy tale about a young woman who discovers her seemingly charming fiancé is actually a murderous bandit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish play
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comedy ⓘ dark comedy ⓘ play ⓘ stage play ⓘ |
| author | J. M. Synge ⓘ |
| controversy |
depiction of Irish rural life
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perceived insult to Irish womanhood ⓘ portrayal of admiration for a supposed parricide ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1907-01-26 ⓘ |
| firstPerformedAt | Abbey Theatre ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Maunsel & Co. ⓘ |
| genre |
Irish drama
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comedy ⓘ tragicomedy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Playboy of the Western World
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Playboy of the Western World (1962 film)
The Playboy of the Western World self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Playboy of the Western World (radio and television adaptations)
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| influenced | modern Irish drama ⓘ |
| languageVariant |
Irish English
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surface form:
Hiberno-English
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| literaryPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Christy Mahon
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Old Mahon ⓘ Pegeen Mike ⓘ Shawn Keogh ⓘ |
| movement | Irish Literary Revival ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial reception at premiere
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riots at its 1907 Dublin premiere ⓘ use of lyrical, poetic language ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 3 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Irish dramatic canon ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Dublin ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1907-01-26 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation |
Abbey Theatre
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surface form:
Abbey Theatre, Dublin
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| publicationYear | 1907 ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | early 1900s ⓘ |
| setting |
a shebeen on the west coast of Ireland
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rural County Mayo, Ireland ⓘ |
| structure | three-act play ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
critical essays on Irish nationalism
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studies of the Abbey Theatre riots ⓘ |
| theme |
community and morality
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gender and desire ⓘ identity and self-invention ⓘ myth-making ⓘ violence and heroism ⓘ |
| writer | J. M. Synge ⓘ |
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Referenced by (10)
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The Playboy of the Western World
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hasAdaptation
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The Playboy of the Western World
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
The Playboy of the Western World (1962 film)
The Playboy of the Western World
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hasAdaptation
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The Playboy of the Western World
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
The Playboy of the Western World (radio and television adaptations)
this entity surface form:
The Playboy of the Western World (1962 TV film)
this entity surface form:
The Playboy of the Western World (stage role)