Packet H: Tossup 3

In a play partly titled for this concept, a fiddler causes laughter at a party by mocking the host and his son during a square dance. This concept partly titles (10[2])a play (10[1])in which a young man starts an affair in his mother’s parlor, which has (10[1])been closed since her death. In that play (10[1])titled (10[1])for this concept, Abbie’s murder of her and Eben’s baby mirrors the Phaedra myth. In (10[1])a play (10[1])partly (-5[1])titled for this concept, (-5[1])a woman exclaims “I don’t want realism. I want (10[1])magic!” (10[4])when a man pulls (10[1])the (10[1])paper (10[1])lantern (10[2]-5[2])off a (10[1])light (10[4])bulb (10[3])to see (10[1])her (10[2])face. (10[8])A Eugene (10[1])O’Neill (10[2])play is titled for (-5[1])this concept (-5[1])“under the Elms.” (10[6]-5[1])In a play, (10[2])an object (10[1])named for this (10[1])concept carries a disgraced ex-teacher through (10[1])New Orleans (10[2])to her (-5[1])sister (10[2])Stella’s home. (10[1])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1]-5[1])what (10[1])concept (10[1])partly titles a play (10[1])about Blanche Dubois (10[4])by Tennessee Williams? ■END■ (10[6])

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