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Plays and Playwrights

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Introduction:
"Here's a collection of theatre odds-and-ends - try it!"


1. Which play was NOT written by Peter Shaffer?
    Sleuth
    Amadeus
    Equus
    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
    Seaman
    Hunter
    Teacher


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


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


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?
    Waiting for Godot
    Children's Hour
    Long Day's Journey
    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?


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


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