Fun Trivia : Plays

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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information

Plays

Which play was NOT written by Peter Shaffer?

Plays and Playwrights


Sleuth. Sleuth was done by Anthony Shaffer, not Peter



Who was known as the 'prince of players'?

Plays and Playwrights


Edwin Booth. they're all from the same family, but Edwin is the answer



'Death ends a life, but not a relationship ...' is an observation that is made in which play?

Plays and Playwrights


I Never Sang for My Father.



Which play has a character who is simply identified as the 'stage manager'?

Plays and Playwrights


Our Town.



Which play was NOT written by an American?

Plays and Playwrights


Six Characters in Search of an Author.



Which play was ordered (by the playwright) not to be produced until after his death?

Plays and Playwrights


Long Day's Journey.



Arthur Miller? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Playwrights And Their Plays (NOT!)


'Equus'. 'Equus' was written by Peter Shaffer.



David Mamet? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Playwrights And Their Plays (NOT!)


'Boys' Life'. 'Boys' Life' was written by Howard Korder.



Henrik Ibsen? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Playwrights And Their Plays (NOT!)


'The Seagull'. 'The Seagull' was written by Anton Checkov.



Tom Stoppard? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Playwrights And Their Plays (NOT!)


'The Caucasion Chalk Circle'. 'The Caucasion Chalk Circle' was written by Bertolt Brecht.



Moliere? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Playwrights And Their Plays (NOT!)


'The Count of Monte Cristo'. 'The Count of Monte Cristo' was written by Alexandre Dumas.



Brian Friel? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Playwrights And Their Plays (NOT!)


'Bash'. 'Bash' is by Neil Labute.



Eric Bogosian? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Playwrights And Their Plays (NOT!)


'Seduced'. 'Seduced' is by Sam Shepard



Wendy McLeod? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Playwrights And Their Plays (NOT!)


'The Vagina Monologues'. 'The Vagina Monologues' are by Eve Ensler



Tennessee Williams? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Playwrights And Their Plays (NOT!)


'The Dumb Waiter'. 'The Dumb Waiter' is by Harold Pinter



Sophocles? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Playwrights And Their Plays (NOT!)


'Agamemnon'. 'Agamemnon' was written by Aeschylus.



Eugene Ionesco? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Playwrights And Their Plays (NOT!)


'No Exit'. 'No Exit' is by Jean-Paul Sartre.



Christopher Durang? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Playwrights And Their Plays (NOT!)


'Side Man'. 'Side Man' was written by Warren Leight.



David Ives? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Playwrights And Their Plays (NOT!)


'House of Games'. 'House of Games' was written by David Mamet.



Sam Shepard? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Playwrights And Their Plays (NOT!)


'Travesties'. 'Travesties' is by Tom Stoppard.



William Shakespeare? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

Playwrights And Their Plays (NOT!)


'Edward II'. 'Edward II' was written by Christopher Marlowe.



Larry Slade, Harry Hope, Don Parritt?

Identify American Plays


'The Iceman Cometh'. Great marathon Eugen O'Neill play.



Dale Harding, Charlie Cheswick, Frank Scanlon?

Identify American Plays


'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'.



Lenny Ganz, Ken Gorman, Cassie Cooper?

Identify American Plays


'Rumors'. All Neil Simon shows.



Biff, Happy, and Willy Loman?

Identify American Plays


'Death of a Salesman'. An easy one (I hope) to pick out among the Miller classics.



Matthew Brady, E.K. Hornbeck, Bert Cates?

Identify American Plays


'Inherit the Wind'.



Big Daddy, Maggie the Cat, Brick?

Identify American Plays


'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'. Again, hopefully easy to pick out one among the Williams plays.



Troy, Cory, and Rose Maxson?

Identify American Plays


'Fences'. Picking one out of the August Wilson plays.



Mr. Zuss, Nickles, Sarah?

Identify American Plays


'J.B.'. Odd little piece in verse, by Archibald MacLeish.



Babe, Meg, and Lenny MacGrath?

Identify American Plays


'Crimes of the Heart'. Beth Henley's first play.



Willie Oban, Joe Mott, Jimmy Tomorrow?

Identify American Plays


'The Iceman Cometh'. Yep, the same as number 1. The show has a lot of memorable characters, I hope not to many people got tricked on that one.