A character thought to represent this author is nicknamed “Shakespeare” for writing poems on the shoeboxes at his workplace. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this author who drew on his sister’s mental health struggles for a character who was nicknamed “Blue Roses” in high school by Jim O’Connor.
ANSWER: Tennessee Williams [or Thomas Lanier Williams III]
[10h] Tennessee Williams’s own name for the “blue devil” of depression is referenced in one play by his character Hannah Jelks, who stays in one of these places while caring for her grandfather Nonno.
ANSWER: hotels [accept motels; or resorts; or inns] (The play is The Night of the Iguana.)
[10e] A blue piano serves as a symbol for depression in this Williams play, in which Blanche Dubois is taken to a mental hospital after being sexually assaulted by her brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski.
ANSWER: A Streetcar Named Desire
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