Round 1: Tossup 2

In a play by this author, a lonely woman gives a toy to a postman for his grandchild after telling him about her chiropractor husband’s alcoholism. An aging schoolteacher created by this playwright begs her boyfriend to marry her after drunkenly ripping a man’s shirt. In that play by this author, Mrs. Potts urges “let her learn for herself” when her neighbor’s daughter leaves to follow a man on the train. The boarder Marie disrupts the lives of Lola and Doc Delaney in a play by this author titled for a lost dog. In a play by this author, the singer Cherie and the cowboy Bo Decker are among those snowed in at a diner. The drifter Hal seduces Madge at the title outdoor event in a play by this “Playwright of the Midwest.” For 10 points, Come Back, Little Sheba is by what author of Bus Stop and Picnic? ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

ANSWER: William Inge [or William Motter Inge]
<Brown A, American Literature> | Packet A - Brown A, Wisconsin A, Purdue, Maryland B
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
California (North)Main Site3100%67%138.00
California (South)Main Site425%25%145.00
CanadaMain Site1258%8%107.43
FloridaMain Site367%0%122.00
Great LakesMain Site540%0%121.00
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain Site944%11%108.25
MidwestMain Site863%13%109.60
OverflowMain Site4100%0%118.00
South CentralMain Site250%0%150.00
SoutheastMain Site729%57%124.00
UKMain Site128%33%150.00
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site838%38%135.67
Upstate NYMain Site40%50%