Children of the Queen's Revels
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Children of the Queen's Revels was a prominent early 17th-century English boy acting company known for performing satirical and innovative plays in the Jacobean theatre.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Children of the Queen's Revels canonical | 3 |
| Children of the Queen’s Revels | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4860711 — 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: Children of the Queen's Revels Context triple: [John Marston, wroteFor, Children of the Queen's Revels]
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A.
Queen Henrietta's Men
Queen Henrietta's Men was a prominent Caroline-era English playing company active in the 1620s and 1630s, known for performing at the Cockpit Theatre and for its association with Queen Henrietta Maria.
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B.
The Masque
The Masque is a lively, jazz-influenced movement within Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Anxiety,” reflecting the work’s exploration of modern existential themes.
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C.
The Prince of Purpoole
The Prince of Purpoole was a celebrated late-16th-century revels figure and mock sovereign presiding over elaborate legal and courtly entertainments at Gray’s Inn in London.
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D.
Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal
The Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal is the official responsible for training, directing, and overseeing the boy choristers of the English monarch’s Chapel Royal.
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E.
The Minister's Wooing
The Minister's Wooing is an 1859 historical novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that explores Calvinist theology, New England society, and women's inner lives in the early 19th century.
- 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: Children of the Queen's Revels Target entity description: Children of the Queen's Revels was a prominent early 17th-century English boy acting company known for performing satirical and innovative plays in the Jacobean theatre.
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A.
Queen Henrietta's Men
Queen Henrietta's Men was a prominent Caroline-era English playing company active in the 1620s and 1630s, known for performing at the Cockpit Theatre and for its association with Queen Henrietta Maria.
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B.
The Masque
The Masque is a lively, jazz-influenced movement within Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Anxiety,” reflecting the work’s exploration of modern existential themes.
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C.
The Prince of Purpoole
The Prince of Purpoole was a celebrated late-16th-century revels figure and mock sovereign presiding over elaborate legal and courtly entertainments at Gray’s Inn in London.
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D.
Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal
The Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal is the official responsible for training, directing, and overseeing the boy choristers of the English monarch’s Chapel Royal.
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E.
The Minister's Wooing
The Minister's Wooing is an 1859 historical novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that explores Calvinist theology, New England society, and women's inner lives in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English boy acting company
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Jacobean theatre company ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | early 17th century ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Children of the Queen
NERFINISHED
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Children of the Revels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
complex and experimental dramaturgy
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witty and satirical tone ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Whitefriars repertory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audience |
court audiences
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public London playgoers ⓘ |
| basedInCity | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| genre |
innovative drama
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satirical drama ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-Elizabethan, early Jacobean era ⓘ |
| knownFor |
performing works by leading Jacobean dramatists
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satirical plays critical of court and society ⓘ |
| languageOfPerformance | Early Modern English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePlaywrightAssociated |
Ben Jonson
NERFINISHED
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George Chapman NERFINISHED ⓘ John Day NERFINISHED ⓘ John Marston NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Middleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | tradition of English Renaissance boy companies ⓘ |
| patron | Anne of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedAt | Whitefriars Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reputation | fashionable and controversial company ⓘ |
| status | defunct theatre company ⓘ |
| subjectOf | scholarly studies of boy companies ⓘ |
| theatricalTradition | Jacobean theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | professional acting company ⓘ |
| typicalCastAgeRange | boys and young adolescents ⓘ |
| usedBoyActors | true ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Children of the Queen's Revels Description of subject: Children of the Queen's Revels was a prominent early 17th-century English boy acting company known for performing satirical and innovative plays in the Jacobean theatre.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Epicœne, or The Silent Woman
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theatricalCompanyAtFirstPerformance
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Children of the Queen's Revels
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this entity surface form:
Children of the Queen’s Revels