Round 9: Tossup 3

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

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