Question

In one retelling, this character stops at the sight of a man’s corpse in the market square on the way to her wedding to Allan Jones. While “confronting the audience as [himself] and not” this character, a man declares, “I go now to my living death.” Another retelling recasts this character as Odale and a relative as Leicho (10[1])in a commentary on Kwame (10[1])Nkrumah’s one-party state. An “African” (-5[1])version (10[1])of this character subtitles a play by Femi (10[1])Osofisan. (-5[1])A man argues with his friend over (-5[1])wearing a wig and fake breasts (10[1])to act as (10[1])this character (-5[1])before learning (10[1])his friend’s prison sentence (10[1])was reduced (10[1])to three months. A 1973 play (-5[1])ends with a performance (10[1])of this (-5[1])character’s trial and begins with two men digging sand (10[1])to fill their (-5[1])wheelbarrows in a Robben Island-inspired prison. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 (-5[1])points, John helps his cellmate Winston rehearse his portrayal (10[1])of what Sophocles character (-5[1])in (10[1])Athol Fugard’s The Island? (10[2])■END■ (10[7])

ANSWER: Antigone [accept Tegonni: An African Antigone; prompt on Tegonni; prompt on Odale until read] (The play in the third sentence is Kamau Brathwaite’s Odale’s Choice.)
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2496%0%42%121.48

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