Question

A play by this author ends as one of its characters describes rising out from a woman’s “icy form” and proclaiming, “We are beautiful, drunk, joyous, and free!” (15[3])This author fully rewrote the preface of one of his plays in which a beflowered coffin (-5[1])opens to reveal an old woman whom Deodatus Village claims to have strangled. (-5[1])One play by this author begins with one title character telling the other to leave her “eternal gloves” in the kitchen, accusing her of wearing them to seduce a (*) milkman. James Earl Jones acted in a play (-5[2])by this author (-5[3])in which (-5[1])a (10[1])Queen (-5[1])in whiteface presides over a kangaroo trial with an all-Black cast. (10[3])The case of (10[1])Christine (-5[1])and (10[1])Léa Papin inspired a play by this man in which Solange and Claire play-act (10[1])the murder of (10[1])their mistress (-5[1])Madame. (10[2])For 10 points, name this French playwright of (10[1])The Blacks (10[2])and The Maids. (10[1]0[1])■END■ (10[7]0[7])

ANSWER: Jean Genet
<Kevin Wang, European Literature>
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