Round 8: 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 a play 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 titled for this concept, Abbie’s murder of her and Eben’s baby mirrors the Phaedra myth. In a play partly titled for this concept, a woman exclaims “I don’t want realism. I want magic!” when a man pulls the paper lantern off a light bulb to see her face. (10[1])A Eugene O’Neill play is titled for this concept “under the Elms.” In a play, an object named for this concept carries a disgraced ex-teacher through New Orleans to her sister Stella’s home. For 10 (10[1])points, what concept partly titles a play about Blanche Dubois by Tennessee Williams? ■END■

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