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Kevin Spacey created quite a stir in New York last year portraying Hickey, a reformed alcoholic, in what play?

The Iceman Cometh. Spacey refused 'star' billing, believing the play an ensemble effort.

Who wrote the play about Hickey, the reformed alcoholic?

Eugene O'Neill. Theodore Hickman, or Hickey, was one of the main characters in Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh". O'Neill also wrote "Moon For The Misbegotten" and "Mourning Becomes Electra".

'Waiting For Godot', long considered a masterpiece of the absurd theatre, was written in French by an Irishman. Name him.

Samuel Beckett. Beckett considered himself a novelist - his prominence in the theatre greatly annoyed him.

This playwright, known primarily for his philosophical treatises, wrote 'No Exit'

Jean Paul Sartre.

'True West' is being revived in NYC starring film actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. Who wrote this masterpiece of the 70s?

Sam Shepard.

The musical 'Hello Dolly' is based on a play by whom?

Thornton Wilder. Wilder wrote both 'The Merchant Of Yonkers' and 'The Matchmaker', essentially the same play, later adapted to 'Hello Dolly'

Along the same line, what Shaw play was later adapted into the musical 'My Fair Lady'?

Pygmalion.

Janet McTeer, of the movie 'Tumbleweeds', made her American debut on stage in 1997. Name the play.

A Doll's House.

At its' premiere in Paris in the early 1900's, 'Pere Ubu' caused a notorious riot. Who wrote it?

Alfred Jarry.

The song 'Mack The Knife' actually comes from whose play, 'The Threepenny Opera'?

Bertolt Brecht.