Round 1: Tossup 16

Bertolt Brecht adapted a play by this author to the Spanish Civil War in his play Señora Carrar’s Rifles. Near the end of a play by this author, a woman laments that “I’ll have no call now to be going down and getting Holy Water (10[1])in the dark nights” after receiving news of an event she foretold. In that play by this author, Maurya sees her son riding a horse followed by a ghost as a sign of her last son’s impending (-5[1])death. In another play by this author, an older man recognizes the protagonist after he wins a mule race. Christy Mahon (10[2])impresses townspeople by claiming to have murdered his father in a play by this author (10[1])that caused riots at the Abbey (10[1])Theatre with a line (10[1])about women in shifts. (10[1])For 10 points, name (10[1])this Irish author (10[1])of Riders to the Sea and The Playboy of the Western World. ■END■ (10[1])

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