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Classics of the Theatre

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Introduction:
"Here's a look at some of the classical (non-musical) works of the theatre. Enjoy it."


1. Being trapped in a room with people that you dislike is a view of hell that is presented in 'No Exit'. Who wrote it?
    Jean Paul Sartre
    Simone De Beauvoir
    Eugene Ionesco
    Bertolt Brecht


2. In Edward Albee's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf', the principal players are named:
    George and Martha
    Adam and Eve
    Abe and Mary
    Andrew and Rachel


3. Arthur Miller's play about a Marilyn Monroe -like woman:
    After the Fall
    Broken Glass
    A View From The Bridge
    The Ride Down Mt. Morgan


4. The entertaining comedy, 'The Importance of Being Earnest', was written by:
    Samuel Beckett
    Jorge Luis Borges
    Oscar Wilde
    Luigi Pirandello


5. The play 'Golden Boy' has been made into a movie on more than one occasion. Who is the playwright?
    William Inge
    Robert Anderson
    Elmer Rice
    Clifford Odets


6. In Jason Miller's 'That Championship Season', the individuals involved had been champions in what sport?
    Baseball
    Basketball
    Football
    Hockey


7. Who was NOT one of Shakespeare's contemporaries?
    Ben Jonson
    John Webster
    Christopher Marlowe
    Maxwell Anderson


8. 'The Children's Hour' dramatizes the consequences that flow from a scandalous lie. Who wrote it?
    Lillian Hellman
    Preston Sturges
    Marsha Norman
    George S. Kaufman


9. The dramatization of the life of Joan of Arc in 'Saint Joan' was written by:
    Moss Hart
    Wendy Wasserstein
    Thornton Wilder
    George Bernard Shaw


10. The prize winning 'Glengarry Glen Ross' was written by:
    Tony Kushner
    Eugene O'Neill
    David Mamet
    Tennessee Williams


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