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 (-5[1])“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 (-5[1])are among those snowed in at a diner. (-5[1])The drifter Hal seduces Madge (-5[1])at the title outdoor (0[1])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[13])

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