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These quizzes are on the written texts of plays. Quizzes about performances will be found in the Humanities category.
60 Plays quizzes and 840 Plays trivia questions.
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Ancient Greek Drama Ancient Greek Drama (7 quizzes)
1.
  Great 20th Century Plays    
Mystery Sort
 16 Qns
Can you sort these sixteen twentieth century plays into the correct boxes? To make things slightly trickier, I've not given you the names of the four playwrights concerned.
Easier, 16 Qns, stedman, Dec 03 24
Easier
stedman editor
Dec 03 24
118 plays
2.
Ten of My Favorite Plays
  Ten of My Favorite Plays    
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
This is a picture quiz on ten of my favorite plays. I have seen these shows, been involved in them, or both. Some of them are well-known, while others are rather obscure. The pictures will help you.
Easier, 10 Qns, Ilona_Ritter, Nov 18 24
Easier
Ilona_Ritter
Nov 18 24
353 plays
3.
  All the World's a Stage   great trivia quiz  
Label Quiz
 10 Qns
In this quiz identify the country on the map where each play is set.
Easier, 10 Qns, Stoaty, Nov 08 24
Easier
Stoaty gold member
Nov 08 24
209 plays
4.
  Work or Play?   top quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Jobs and Professions in Plays
All of these famous and popular plays feature a job, hobby, or profession. Match each "work" with the title of the play and the character it matches best. Work, or play?
Average, 10 Qns, LeoDaVinci, Sep 14 23
Average
LeoDaVinci editor
Sep 14 23
270 plays
5.
  Famous Playwrights   popular trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Simply match the play with the correct playwright.
Easier, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Jun 11 23
Easier
dellastreet gold member
Jun 11 23
703 plays
6.
  Play Along with this Quiz   top quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
You'll find a list of play titles to be matched up with their author. The plays cover a range of American and European playwrights.
Easier, 10 Qns, rossian, Jun 07 22
Easier
rossian editor
Jun 07 22
601 plays
7.
The Plays the Thing
  The Play's the Thing   popular trivia quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
I will ask you ten questions and give you a picture for each. You tell me the name of the play. Interesting info may contain spoilers.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, Ilona_Ritter, Jun 03 23
Very Easy
Ilona_Ritter
Jun 03 23
1319 plays
8.
Name That Play
  10 Question Name That Play Quiz   popular trivia quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
Here are 10 major plays. Can you pick them out from the clues given? Break a leg!
Easier, 10 Qns, PootyPootwell, Jun 04 22
Easier
PootyPootwell gold member
Jun 04 22
1944 plays
9.
  Plays by Vague Plot   great trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Match each vague plot summary to the play title it describes.
Easier, 10 Qns, Joepetz, Mar 29 20
Easier
Joepetz gold member
Mar 29 20
616 plays
10.
  Who Wrote That?    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
On the left of the screen are the names of plays and on the right are the writers. Can you match them correctly?
Easier, 10 Qns, Serenesh, Jan 25 19
Easier
Serenesh gold member
Jan 25 19
686 plays
trivia question Quick Question
Who wrote the play 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'?

From Quiz "Modern Drama"




11.
  Play-Right   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is all about playwrights and their plays. How many questions can you get right?
Easier, 10 Qns, Lalenya, Mar 24 19
Easier
Lalenya gold member
Mar 24 19
632 plays
12.
  Speaking of War    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
This match quiz should connect the playwright and a minimal description of the play to a play's title. All of the plays included deal with the various aspects of war.
Average, 10 Qns, mlcmlc, May 20 17
Average
mlcmlc gold member
1508 plays
13.
  Recalling History on Stage   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How much do you know about these plays based on historical events and people?
Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Oct 13 20
Average
FatherSteve gold member
Oct 13 20
556 plays
14.
  Classics From The Theatre    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Some plays have been so successful that they keep being performed and their plot belongs to some kind of international repertoire. Check how familiar you are with these "classics".
Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Apr 23 23
Average
flem-ish
Apr 23 23
3127 plays
15.
  Shakespeare's and Marlowe's Jewish Stereotypes   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" and Christopher Marlowe's "The Jew of Malta" both brought a horrific Jewish stereotype to the Elizabethan stage. Please note that my quiz is limited to the Elizabethen age and is in no way an ongoing belief.
Average, 10 Qns, poshprice, Jan 21 18
Average
poshprice
529 plays
16.
  Shuehorn and the Questionable Query    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Questions, queries, quandaries... These are often the crux of the plot and center of intrigue of plays. See if you can remember these quixotic queries from well-known theatrical works. This quiz is part of Kyleisalive's Commission III.
Average, 10 Qns, shuehorn, Mar 06 11
Average
shuehorn gold member
514 plays
17.
  More Play Summaries in Four Words    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A spin-off of "Shakespeare Play Summaries in Four Words." I will give you four words, you select the play that they attempt to describe. Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, Caseena, Jan 03 18
Average
Caseena
1358 plays
18.
  I Write the Plays (Very Old Plays)   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
We have around eighty surviving plays works by eight ancient dramatists: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, Terence, and Seneca. The following are questions about their plays.
Tough, 10 Qns, Ampelos, Apr 30 13
Tough
Ampelos gold member
414 plays
19.
  Obscure Drama    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Warning: this isn't your usual theatre quiz. These are mostly plays that you've probably never heard of unless you're a real hard-core theatre junkie, so good luck. P.S.-I've worked on or seen all of these shows, so I know they exist!
Tough, 15 Qns, GypsyQueen, Aug 28 09
Tough
GypsyQueen
3374 plays
20.
  Do You Know This Play?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Check out your theatrical know how, by reading these simplified storylines by well known playwrights and guessing the answers to the questions...not very tough at all!
Average, 10 Qns, Ruma, May 01 11
Average
Ruma
4577 plays
21.
  Plays and Dramatists of the English Renaissance    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The English Renaissance produced many talented and popular dramatists in addition to Shakespeare. How many do you recognize?
Average, 10 Qns, lowtechmaster, Jul 21 16
Average
lowtechmaster
495 plays
22.
  Dying is Easy - Comedy Is Hard    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
For playwrights throughout the ages, "Make 'Em Laugh" has always been good advice.
Average, 10 Qns, astorian, Oct 21 22
Average
astorian
Oct 21 22
1823 plays
23.
  Classics of the Theatre    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here's a look at some of the classical (non-musical) works of the theatre. Enjoy it.
Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Dec 29 16
Average
robert362
1756 plays
24.
  Name That Modern Play!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I love Shakespeare as much as the next person, but how about some time with the new guys? Here's a quiz about some 20th century playwrights you should know about.
Average, 10 Qns, fancy_pants, Jun 05 11
Average
fancy_pants
780 plays
25.
  General Theatre Knowledge    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here's a quiz for Theatre mavens everywhere.
Average, 10 Qns, godot1, May 13 11
Average
godot1
4384 plays
26.
  Theatrica Obscura I: Moden British Drama    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A survey of 20th Century British theater, from common knowledge to more obscure.
Tough, 10 Qns, Yehuda101, Apr 01 16
Tough
Yehuda101
736 plays
27.
  Modern Drama    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz deals with plays written after the second world war. Hope you enjoy it!
Average, 10 Qns, Bronte, Sep 25 23
Average
Bronte
Sep 25 23
1558 plays
28.
  Theatre Quiz (Non-Musical) - 3 attributes    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I will give 3 attributes of a play and you find the right one!
Average, 15 Qns, garyjaffe, Oct 05 12
Average
garyjaffe
1380 plays
29.
  Name That Play II    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is the second round of random plays throughout history. See how well you do in this trip from ancient Rome to today.
Average, 10 Qns, GWU_Boy, Apr 18 13
Average
GWU_Boy
1496 plays
30.
  Which Play?    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
I'll give you the names of some of the characters, and you tell me which play they appear in! This quiz covers a wide range of plays from Greek Tragedy to post-war drama. Best of luck, and have fun!
Tough, 15 Qns, Bronte, Jan 17 12
Tough
Bronte
2276 plays
31.
  Playwrights    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
What did you learn in Intro To The Theatre 101? Try these multiple choice questions - most of which deal with contemporary playwrights. Have some fun and get 'dramatic!'
Average, 10 Qns, dbljw, Apr 14 17
Average
dbljw
1944 plays
32.
  Name That Play III    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here's the third round of random plays throughout history. See how well you do with plays from Norway to the United States.
Average, 10 Qns, GWU_Boy, Aug 15 09
Average
GWU_Boy
1584 plays
33.
  The Characters. What Play?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
In which plays would you find the following characters?
Tough, 10 Qns, emli, Jul 22 20
Tough
emli
Jul 22 20
797 plays
34.
  Theatre Mysteries    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about some shows that deal with mysteries (as opposed to musicals, comedies or dramas). It may be tough if you're not into the genre.
Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Oct 12 22
Average
robert362
Oct 12 22
791 plays
35.
  Survey of Great Plays and Playwrights    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here's a look at some great (non-musical) plays and playwrights of the last hundred or so years.
Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Nov 10 13
Average
robert362
1452 plays
36.
  Techniques in Drama    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A look at some interesting and unusual uses of dramatic devices.
Tough, 10 Qns, robert362, Jun 30 11
Tough
robert362
1038 plays
37.
  Femmes Fatale of the Theatre    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
From its inception in Ancient Greece to the current Broadway season, the theatre has introduced innumerable strong female characters. How many can you recognize from the clues given?
Tough, 20 Qns, zanneliza, Apr 21 08
Tough
zanneliza
819 plays
38.
  10 Questions on Name That Play    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
If you want to quiz yourself on 10 plays from all eras of history, then this quiz is right for you. They range in plays from ancient Greece to the 21st century.
Average, 10 Qns, GWU_Boy, Jan 21 19
Average
GWU_Boy
Jan 21 19
2312 plays
39.
  Characters from Classic Drama    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz deals with famous characters from the dramatic stage. You have to identify the playwright who has created that character.
Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Dec 06 23
Average
robert362
Dec 06 23
1759 plays
40.
  The Medieval Drama Play: "Everyman"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How much do you know about the Medieval Play, "Everyman"? Take this quiz and find out.
Average, 10 Qns, disney_4_life, May 29 05
Average
disney_4_life
556 plays
41.
  Play Quotations    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How well do you know your plays? I give a line or two, you indicate who speaks it.
Tough, 10 Qns, kelby_lake, May 15 19
Tough
kelby_lake
May 15 19
445 plays
42.
  Great Lies In Drama    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Many fine dramas rely on "the big lie" to move the plot along. Here are a few examples.
Tough, 10 Qns, robert362, Jul 21 23
Tough
robert362
Jul 21 23
1037 plays
43.
  Quotes from Plays Through History    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A collection of quotes from various plays throughout the history of theatre. Plays range from Greek comedy through modern productions. Good luck!
Tough, 10 Qns, ItalianEyes, Dec 08 09
Tough
ItalianEyes
439 plays
44.
  Lesser Known (Non-Musical) Plays    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The writer doesn't always get the credit he deserves. Who wrote these hits?
Tough, 10 Qns, robert362, Aug 10 07
Tough
robert362
537 plays
45.
  Playwrights And Their Plays (NOT!)    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This quiz is about plays and playwrights. I'll give you the playwright, and you tell me which play or screenplay they did NOT write.
Tough, 15 Qns, punkshocker, Oct 19 15
Tough
punkshocker
1342 plays
46.
  Pulitzer -Winning Dramas    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Many prize winners are not so very well known. Take a shot.
Tough, 10 Qns, robert362, Jan 28 02
Tough
robert362
1165 plays
47.
  Identify American Plays    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I'll give you the names of several characters from well-known American plays. Name the play.
Tough, 10 Qns, Phoenix3000, Aug 10 07
Tough
Phoenix3000
657 plays
48.
  Land of the Dragon    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about the play "Land of the Dragon". This is about the FANTASY PLAYHOUSE version.
Average, 10 Qns, hpgrl, Dec 23 16
Average
hpgrl
219 plays
49.
  Find the Quote    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
Each question is a quote from a play. Your job is to name which play the quote comes from. Ready? Let's do this.
Difficult, 20 Qns, mrhoboken, Dec 20 02
Difficult
mrhoboken
750 plays
50.
  Plays and Playwrights    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here's a collection of theatre odds-and-ends - try it!
Tough, 10 Qns, robert362, Jun 05 15
Tough
robert362
1400 plays
51.
  Dash So Fuddy!    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This is a quiz about the hilarious drama/comedy, "Fuddy Meers"! Test your stroke-talk knowledge and more!
Tough, 15 Qns, papamambo, Oct 09 23
Tough
papamambo
Oct 09 23
250 plays
52.
  Anagrams of Classic Dramatic Theatre    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
These anagrams are titles of prominent (non-musical) theatre. They start easy and get harder as you go.
Tough, 10 Qns, robert362, Jan 28 02
Tough
robert362
712 plays
53.
  Famous First Lines from Plays    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
These are the first lines spoken by a character in a play. I will tell you the character and you decide what that character said. Have fun with it!
Difficult, 10 Qns, footlights, May 01 04
Difficult
footlights
617 plays
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Plays Trivia Questions

1. Three of the four playwrights below were born in Ireland. Which one did NOT hail from the Emerald Isle?

From Quiz
Play-Right

Answer: Eugene O'Neill

Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953), the son of an Irish immigrant, was born in New York City, United States of America, in Longacre Square (now better known as Times Square). The others were all born in Dublin, Ireland. Seán O'Casey, in particular, was greatly influenced by his homeland and was known for his plays about Dublin's working-class poor, including "The Shadow of a Gunman" (1923), "Juno and the Paycock" (1924), and "The Plough and the Stars" (1926).

2. This dramatist wrote "The Spanish Tragedy" (1582-92) and attended the Merchant Taylors' School at the same time as Edmund Spenser and Thomas Lodge. He may have written the lost "Ur-Hamlet". [He did not kid around.]

From Quiz Plays and Dramatists of the English Renaissance

Answer: Thomas Kyd

Kyd, who lived from 1558-1594, is generally credited with popularizing the "revenge tragedy" genre in England. "The Ur-Hamlet" and "The Spanish Tragedy" (which includes a play-within-a-play) are considered to have influenced Shakespeare's "Hamlet". He is also credited with being a more-than-equal collaborator with Shakespeare on the play "Edward III" (published anonymously in 1596).

3. Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee wrote what play about "the Scopes Monkey Trial"?

From Quiz Recalling History on Stage

Answer: Inherit the Wind

Lawrence and Lee specialized in writing historical drama, and taught the subject to future playwrights. "Inherit the Wind" was based on the 1925 trial of The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes. A 1960 movie followed the 1955 stage play. The title of both refers to Proverbs 11:29 which says, "He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind."

4. In what tragedy would we meet a character who murders his brother's sons and then serves them in a stew to their unknowing father?

From Quiz I Write the Plays (Very Old Plays)

Answer: "Thyestes" by Seneca.

Seneca (4 BC to AD 65) was a dramatist from the Roman period, who was among other things the tutor of the young emperor Nero. His "Thyestes" is one of the most gruesome plays from any world literature. Atreus, father of Agamemnon and Menelaus, pretends to be reconciled with his estranged brother, Thyestes, but in fact murders Thyestes' children and then serves them in a stew to their father.

5. Wives haunt husband (comedy!).

From Quiz More Play Summaries in Four Words

Answer: Blithe Spirit

A novelist holds a seance to get material for his next story. In the process, the medium brings his dead wife back as a ghost...whom his current wife cannot see. After a car accident, the other wife ends up as a ghost at the man's house. Yes, it's a screwball comedy, written by Noel Coward.

6. Harvey Kelekian, M.D.; Jason Posner, M.D.; Susie Monahan, B.N., B.S.N.; E.M. Ashford, D.Phil.; Vivian Bearing, Ph.D. This playwright only ever wrote one play - which play are these characters from?

From Quiz The Characters. What Play?

Answer: "Wit" by Margaret Edson

"Wit", a beautiful drama about a literature professor who is dying of ovarian cancer, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1999.

7. 'Karl Marx should be a set book for the Sixth!'

From Quiz Play Quotations

Answer: Tommy Judd in 'Another Country'

Judd was the communist schoolboy in 'Another Country' by Julien Mitchell, set in a boys' boarding school in the 1930s. A film adaption was made which had Colin Firth playing Judd.

8. Edward Albee wrote this fascinating play about two married couples who have a very interesting evening together. What is its name?

From Quiz Name That Modern Play!

Answer: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Virginia Woolf was the influential female author who wrote "A Room of One's Own," and committed suicide by putting rocks in her pocket and walking into a river.

9. At the beginning of the play which character is the first to speak and explains to the audience that they are watching a play?

From Quiz The Medieval Drama Play: "Everyman"

Answer: Messenger

The Messenger is the first to speak and here is his first line. "I pray you all give your audience, And hear this matter with reverence, By figure a moral play."

10. What medieval play is this from? "O Good Deeds, I stand in fear! I must you pray of counsel, For help should come right well."

From Quiz Quotes from Plays Through History

Answer: Everyman

Performances of 'Everyman' date from 1495, and it is still widely performed today.

11. Claire's son, Kenny, is behind in school. What grade is he in?

From Quiz Dash So Fuddy!

Answer: 8th Grade

Kenny is dyslexic and hooked on drugs. So his family is really hoping he gets into high school this year!

12. Despite being afflicted with Narcolepsy and Melancholia, I am cast as the assassin of Jean-Paul Marat by the Marquis De Sade.

From Quiz Femmes Fatale of the Theatre

Answer: Charlotte Corday

In the prolifically titled: "The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat As Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis De Sade" by Peter Weiss.

13. In Aristophanes' "Lysistrata," how do the women of Athens attempt to end the war with Sparta?

From Quiz Dying is Easy - Comedy Is Hard

Answer: Withholding sex from their husbands

The Pentagon is undoubtedly working to suppress this play!

14. Where does the play take place?

From Quiz Land of the Dragon

Answer: The Southern Kingdom

It takes place in the Southern Kingdom in ancient China.

15. This 1935 verse drama (and 1952 movie) by T. S. Eliot follows archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket accepting martyrdom as he is killed by four knights on the order of Henry II. This is "Murder in the ___________".

From Quiz Name That Play III

Answer: Cathedral

In real life, Thomas Becket was killed on December 29, 1170. Actually, the place in "The Canterbury Tales" where the pilgrims were going was to his shrine.

16. One play utilized the unusual technique of having an actor portray a talking lizard. Who wrote the play?

From Quiz Techniques in Drama

Answer: Edward Albee

"Seascape". How many plays have key roles for talking animals?

17. This 1610 work was probably Shakespeare's last piece. It's a comedy about Miranda and her father, Prospero, who rules the island's magical creatures who revolt against him.

From Quiz Name That Play II

Answer: The Tempest

Other characters in "The Tempest" are the spirit Ariel and the evil monster Caliban.

18. Sheridan Whiteside, the dreadful house guest in "The Man Who Came to Dinner", said this upon entering the stage.

From Quiz Famous First Lines from Plays

Answer: "I could vomit."

The character was modeled after the real life Alexander Woolcott. The part was played by Monte Wooley on Broadway and in the film. For a brief period of time, Woolcott himself took over the part in New York. He was playing himself.

19. 1. An earlobe. 2. The basement. 3. Antique worry-crystals.

From Quiz Theatre Quiz (Non-Musical) - 3 attributes

Answer: Neil Simon's "Rumors"

The comedic masterpiece "Rumors," by Neil Simon, involves party guests finding their host upstairs - with a bullet through his earlobe! What transpires is a maniacal romp involving a therapist, a tennis club and priceless worry-crystals (and much, much more!)

20. In "Hamlet", Hamlet lies about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and thereby seals their fate. How does Hamlet accomplish the lie?

From Quiz Great Lies In Drama

Answer: In a letter

Hamlet substitutes the names of R&G in the letter for his own name.

21. In which play would you find the characters of Cordelia, Goneril and Regan?

From Quiz Which Play?

Answer: "King Lear"

By William Shakespeare. This play was written around 1604. Cordelia, Goneril and Regan are daughters of King Lear.

22. 'She was also a wonderful woman, but you never got her licked into shape. A man has to get his woman licked into shape. Licked into shape!'

From Quiz Find the Quote

Answer: Play Strindberg

This quote is from the Friedrich Durrenmatt play 'Play Strindberg', which is itself an adaptation of August Strindberg's 'Dance of Death'.

23. Which writer wrote the play 'Look Back in Anger'?

From Quiz Modern Drama

Answer: John Osborne

It was written in 1956 and was extremely controversial at this time.

24. In my opinion, the best play of the genre is 'Sleuth'. Who wrote it?

From Quiz Theatre Mysteries

Answer: Anthony Shaffer

Brilliant writing by Anthony Shaffer - who never quite found the formula again. 'Murderer' and 'Whodunit' were his - but they were pale imitations which enjoyed (deservedly) only modest success. (Don't judge this fine play by the mediocre movie version that followed).

25. 'The Subject was Roses' was a Pulitzer Prize winner. Who was the author?

From Quiz Pulitzer -Winning Dramas

Answer: Frank Gilroy

Rice won for 'Street Scene'. Chase won for 'Harvey'. Norman won for ''Night, Mother'.

26. Larry Slade, Harry Hope, Don Parritt?

From Quiz Identify American Plays

Answer: 'The Iceman Cometh'

Great marathon Eugen O'Neill play.

27. In Eric Bogosian's 'subUrbia', what is the nationality of Norman, the man who runs the 7-11?

From Quiz Obscure Drama

Answer: Pakistani

NORMAN. My name is Nazeer Chaudhry. Norman is...just a name. JEFF. Nazeer! What's that, Indian? NORMAN. Pakistani. Karachi is in Pakistan.

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

From Quiz Playwrights And Their Plays (NOT!)

Answer: 'Equus'

'Equus' was written by Peter Shaffer.

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