The Man in the Glass Booth (play)
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The Man in the Glass Booth is a stage play by Robert Shaw that explores identity, guilt, and the legacy of the Holocaust through the trial of a wealthy Jewish industrialist accused of being a Nazi war criminal.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Man in the Glass Booth (novel) | 1 |
| The Man in the Glass Booth (play) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6071322 — 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 Man in the Glass Booth (play) Context triple: [Robert Archibald Shaw, notableWork, The Man in the Glass Booth (play)]
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A.
Bus Stop (play)
Bus Stop (play) is a 1955 romantic comedy-drama by William Inge that centers on a group of strangers stranded overnight in a Kansas diner during a snowstorm, exploring their intersecting relationships and personal revelations.
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B.
The Women (play)
The Women is a 1936 satirical comedy play by Clare Boothe Luce that portrays the lives, rivalries, and romantic entanglements of a group of wealthy New York women, notable for its all-female cast.
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C.
The Dumb Waiter
The Dumb Waiter is a one-act absurdist drama by Harold Pinter that follows two hitmen waiting in a basement room, blending dark comedy with themes of menace, power, and miscommunication.
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D.
The Humans (play)
The Humans is a critically acclaimed one-act drama by Stephen Karam that portrays a family’s tense Thanksgiving gathering in a New York City apartment, exploring themes of anxiety, class, and generational conflict.
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E.
Marvin's Room (play)
Marvin's Room (play) is a darkly comic stage drama by Scott McPherson about two estranged sisters reunited by illness and family obligation, later adapted into a 1996 film.
- 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 Man in the Glass Booth (play) Target entity description: The Man in the Glass Booth is a stage play by Robert Shaw that explores identity, guilt, and the legacy of the Holocaust through the trial of a wealthy Jewish industrialist accused of being a Nazi war criminal.
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A.
Bus Stop (play)
Bus Stop (play) is a 1955 romantic comedy-drama by William Inge that centers on a group of strangers stranded overnight in a Kansas diner during a snowstorm, exploring their intersecting relationships and personal revelations.
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B.
The Women (play)
The Women is a 1936 satirical comedy play by Clare Boothe Luce that portrays the lives, rivalries, and romantic entanglements of a group of wealthy New York women, notable for its all-female cast.
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C.
The Dumb Waiter
The Dumb Waiter is a one-act absurdist drama by Harold Pinter that follows two hitmen waiting in a basement room, blending dark comedy with themes of menace, power, and miscommunication.
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D.
The Humans (play)
The Humans is a critically acclaimed one-act drama by Stephen Karam that portrays a family’s tense Thanksgiving gathering in a New York City apartment, exploring themes of anxiety, class, and generational conflict.
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E.
Marvin's Room (play)
Marvin's Room (play) is a darkly comic stage drama by Scott McPherson about two estranged sisters reunited by illness and family obligation, later adapted into a 1996 film.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drama
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stage play ⓘ |
| author | Robert Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | novel "The Man in the Glass Booth" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Robert Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Robert Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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legal drama ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Man in the Glass Booth (1975 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Holocaust
NERFINISHED
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guilt ⓘ identity ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | trial of a wealthy Jewish industrialist ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotElement | accusation of being a Nazi war criminal ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| setting |
a courtroom
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post–World War II era ⓘ |
| theme |
ambiguity of identity
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justice and revenge ⓘ legacy of the Holocaust ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ |
| writer | Robert Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Man in the Glass Booth (play) Description of subject: The Man in the Glass Booth is a stage play by Robert Shaw that explores identity, guilt, and the legacy of the Holocaust through the trial of a wealthy Jewish industrialist accused of being a Nazi war criminal.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Man in the Glass Booth (novel)