The Campbell Playhouse
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The Campbell Playhouse was a 1938–1940 American radio drama series created by Orson Welles as a successor to The Mercury Theatre on the Air, featuring adaptations of classic literature and sponsored by the Campbell Soup Company.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Campbell Playhouse canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7581276 — 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 Campbell Playhouse Context triple: [Mercury Theatre, notableRadioSeries, The Campbell Playhouse]
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A.
Colwell Playhouse
Colwell Playhouse is an indoor performance theater within the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, used for plays, concerts, and other staged events.
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B.
Charles Playhouse
Charles Playhouse is a historic Boston theater known for hosting long-running productions such as "Blue Man Group" and "Shear Madness."
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C.
Sunrise Theatre
Sunrise Theatre is a historic performing arts venue in downtown Fort Pierce, Florida, known for hosting live theater, concerts, and community cultural events.
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D.
Red House Theater
Red House Theater is a historic octagonal red-brick performance and cultural arts venue in Taipei, Taiwan, renowned as a landmark of the Ximending district.
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E.
Northlight Theatre
Northlight Theatre is a prominent regional theater company based in the Chicago area, known for producing contemporary plays and musicals, including notable premieres.
- 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 Campbell Playhouse Target entity description: The Campbell Playhouse was a 1938–1940 American radio drama series created by Orson Welles as a successor to The Mercury Theatre on the Air, featuring adaptations of classic literature and sponsored by the Campbell Soup Company.
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A.
Colwell Playhouse
Colwell Playhouse is an indoor performance theater within the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, used for plays, concerts, and other staged events.
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B.
Charles Playhouse
Charles Playhouse is a historic Boston theater known for hosting long-running productions such as "Blue Man Group" and "Shear Madness."
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C.
Sunrise Theatre
Sunrise Theatre is a historic performing arts venue in downtown Fort Pierce, Florida, known for hosting live theater, concerts, and community cultural events.
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D.
Red House Theater
Red House Theater is a historic octagonal red-brick performance and cultural arts venue in Taipei, Taiwan, renowned as a landmark of the Ximending district.
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E.
Northlight Theatre
Northlight Theatre is a prominent regional theater company based in the Chicago area, known for producing contemporary plays and musicals, including notable premieres.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American radio program
ⓘ
radio drama series ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Campbell Playhouse
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Campbell Soup Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archivalStatus | surviving recordings exist ⓘ |
| basedOn | classic literature ⓘ |
| broadcastFrequency | weekly ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | Columbia Broadcasting System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastPeriod | 1938–1940 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creativeControl | largely overseen by Orson Welles ⓘ |
| creator | Orson Welles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Golden Age of Radio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredRegular |
Agnes Moorehead
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Everett Sloane NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Cotten NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercury Theatre repertory company NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalAirDate | 1940 ⓘ |
| firstAirDate | 1938 ⓘ |
| format | anthology series ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | various, depending on adaptation ⓘ |
| historicalContext | followed the 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast by Orson Welles ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | radio ⓘ |
| notableEpisodeType |
adaptations of contemporary plays
ⓘ
adaptations of novels ⓘ adaptations of short stories ⓘ |
| notableFor |
adaptations of literary classics
ⓘ
use of film and stage actors as guest stars ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS Radio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | The Mercury Theatre on the Air NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryDistribution | live broadcast ⓘ |
| producedBy |
John Houseman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Orson Welles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | The Mercury Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionLocation | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaced | The Mercury Theatre on the Air NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sponsor | Campbell Soup Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sponsorIndustry | food industry ⓘ |
| sponsorProductType | canned soup ⓘ |
| sponsorshipChangeFromPredecessor | transition from sustaining program to sponsored program ⓘ |
| sponsorType | commercially sponsored ⓘ |
| starred | Orson Welles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| typicalRunningTime | approximately 60 minutes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Campbell Playhouse Description of subject: The Campbell Playhouse was a 1938–1940 American radio drama series created by Orson Welles as a successor to The Mercury Theatre on the Air, featuring adaptations of classic literature and sponsored by the Campbell Soup Company.
Referenced by (3)
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