Plays and Playwrights

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Which play was NOT written by Peter Shaffer? Equus Sleuth Amadeus Black Comedy

2. Who was known as the 'prince of players'? Asia Booth Junius Booth Edwin Booth John Wilkes Booth

3. 'Death ends a life, but not a relationship ...' is an observation that is made in which play? The Iceman Cometh I Never Sang for My Father All My Sons Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

4. Some experts believe that Shakespeare wrote this play: Pericles Duchess of Malfi Volpone Spanish Tragedy

5. Prior to becoming a playwright, Eugene O'Neill worked as a Carpenter Teacher Hunter Seaman

6. O'Neill's father enjoyed great success as an actor by repeatedly portraying: King Arthur Ivanhoe Count of Monte Cristo Robin Hood

7. Which play has a character who is simply identified as the 'stage manager'? Crucible Streetcar Named Desire Glass Menagerie Our Town

8. Which play was NOT written by an American? Six Characters in Search of an Author Desire Under the Elms The Price Dark at Top of the Stairs

9. Which play was ordered (by the playwright) not to be produced until after his death? Children's Hour Long Day's Journey Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Waiting for Godot

10. This author's work reflected his Midwestern background: Edward Albee Clifford Odets William Inge Maxwell Anderson