Question

A 2023 Jeremy Tiang play chronicles the experience of this play’s non-Chinese-speaking author directing an all-Chinese production of it in Beijing with the help of Yīng Ruòchéng. This play’s opening directions unusually includes three chairs rather than four and mentions a man’s silver trophy on a shelf above the protagonist’s bed. It’s not Endgame, but this (15[1])play’s author originally considered setting it inside an enormous skull. (15[2])This play’s recurring (15[3])(*) flute music (10[2])features (10[1])during (10[1])a monologue (-5[1])in which a woman (10[1])sobs, “We’re free, we’re (10[1])free.” (10[2])That (10[1])scene, titled “Requiem,” (10[2])ends this play in which the protagonist’s son sees him cheating with The Woman (10[1])at a hotel in Boston. This play’s central family includes the diamond tycoon Ben (10[1])and the ex-football star Biff. (10[1])For 10 points, name this (10[1])play about the Loman family by Arthur Miller. ■END■

ANSWER: Death of a Salesman (The Tiang play is Salesman之死.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ryan HappelSIUEMissouri B5515
Tim MorrisonStanford ABerkeley B6515
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghWarwick6515
Raymond WangCornell RSyracuse+Rochester6815
Neal JoshiWUSTL XYZMissouri A6815
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeWUSTL H2O6815
Raymond ChenA Ray of Sun in the SkyWaterloo7010
Andrew WangIllinois AVanderbilt7010
Michael KohnDurhamCambridge B7110
Jason ChengI will play anything with a buzzer in front of meAuxiliary Lofthouse Cookie University7210
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley ABerkeley C74-5
Danny CutbillRITCornell MATLAB7810
Yash MandaviaIllinois BChicago B8210
Omer KeskinOxfordImperial A8310
Robert CondronChicago ANotre Dame A8310
Nicholas EdwardsMcDouble West-CarletonOttawa C8410
Kevin YeBerkeley CBerkeley A8710
Maude-Sophie LockmanOttawa AOttawa B8710
Elizabeth BowlingIndianaNotre Dame B10110
Ben DahlPurdue APurdue B11510
Matthew SpryImperial BBirmingham12010
Sam FooCambridge ABristol12510