Round 12: Tossup 3

A 1988 all-female production of this play sparked a lawsuit by this play’s author, leading to a brief ban on all productions of the author’s plays in the Netherlands. Because of its all-male cast, this play was staged by San Quentin State (-5[1])Prison inmates in one of the first (10[1])successful performances (10[1])of it in the US. A candlelit staging of this play during the Siege of Sarajevo (10[1])was directed by Susan Sontag. (10[1])A character eating a carrot in this play (10[2])is (10[1])interrupted by the arrival of a man whose command to “Think!” prompts a speech (10[1])that is cut off by grabbing (10[1])the speaker’s hat. At the end of this play, (10[1])a man who peers into his hat and a man who struggles with his boots lament not having rope to hang themselves with. For 10 points, Vladimir and (10[1])Estragon appear in what absurdist play by Samuel Beckett? ■END■ (10[1])

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