Waiting for Lefty
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"Waiting for Lefty" is a landmark 1935 one-act play by Clifford Odets that dramatizes a taxi drivers' labor strike and became a defining work of American leftist theatre.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Waiting for Lefty canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3202045 — 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: Waiting for Lefty Context triple: [Group Theatre, notableWork, Waiting for Lefty]
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A.
Elwood Blues
Elwood Blues is a fictional harmonica-playing musician and one half of the comedic rhythm and blues duo The Blues Brothers, famously portrayed by Dan Aykroyd.
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B.
Between Riverside and Crazy
"Between Riverside and Crazy" is a Pulitzer Prize–winning dark comedy-drama play by Stephen Adly Guirgis that explores race, family, and gentrification through the story of a retired New York City cop fighting eviction from his rent-controlled apartment.
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C.
The Lemon Drop Kid
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D.
Strike Up the Band
"Strike Up the Band" is a 1940 MGM musical film starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, known for its lively song-and-dance numbers and classic big-band era style.
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E.
Leave It
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- 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: Waiting for Lefty Target entity description: "Waiting for Lefty" is a landmark 1935 one-act play by Clifford Odets that dramatizes a taxi drivers' labor strike and became a defining work of American leftist theatre.
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A.
Elwood Blues
Elwood Blues is a fictional harmonica-playing musician and one half of the comedic rhythm and blues duo The Blues Brothers, famously portrayed by Dan Aykroyd.
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B.
Between Riverside and Crazy
"Between Riverside and Crazy" is a Pulitzer Prize–winning dark comedy-drama play by Stephen Adly Guirgis that explores race, family, and gentrification through the story of a retired New York City cop fighting eviction from his rent-controlled apartment.
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C.
The Lemon Drop Kid
The Lemon Drop Kid is a 1951 Christmas-themed comedy film starring Bob Hope, best known today for popularizing the holiday song "Silver Bells."
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D.
Strike Up the Band
"Strike Up the Band" is a 1940 MGM musical film starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, known for its lively song-and-dance numbers and classic big-band era style.
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E.
Leave It
"Leave It" is a 1983 progressive pop/rock song by the English band Yes, known for its intricate vocal arrangements and multiple remixed versions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
one-act play
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play ⓘ |
| author | Clifford Odets ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dramaticForm |
agitprop theatre
ⓘ
expressionist drama ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1935-01-06 ⓘ |
| firstPerformedAs | curtain-raiser to another play ⓘ |
| genre |
political theatre
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proletarian drama ⓘ social realist drama ⓘ |
| hasStageDirectionFeature |
direct address to audience
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use of episodic vignettes ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
defining work of 1930s American proletarian drama
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landmark of American leftist theatre ⓘ |
| influenced | American labor theatre ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Great Depression
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surface form:
Great Depression labor struggles
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| mainSubject |
class struggle
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labor strike ⓘ taxi drivers ⓘ trade unionism ⓘ |
| movement |
American leftist theatre
ⓘ
Group Theatre (New York) ⓘ
surface form:
Group Theatre
|
| notableCharacter |
Agate
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Edna ⓘ Joe ⓘ Lefty Costello ⓘ |
| notableFor |
inciting audience participation and calls for strike
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overtly pro-union stance ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 1 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American modern drama canon ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPerformance |
Civic Repertory Theatre
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| producedBy |
Group Theatre (New York)
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surface form:
Group Theatre
|
| publicationDate | 1935 ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Great Depression ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| structure | episodic ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
ⓘ
collective action ⓘ corruption ⓘ economic injustice ⓘ union organizing ⓘ worker solidarity ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWork | 1930s American theatre ⓘ |
| writer | Clifford Odets ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Waiting for Lefty Description of subject: "Waiting for Lefty" is a landmark 1935 one-act play by Clifford Odets that dramatizes a taxi drivers' labor strike and became a defining work of American leftist theatre.
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