Question
This character was first performed by Olga Knipper, who played the same role in the play’s 300th performance in 1943. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this character, who sobs “My life, my youth, my happiness, good-bye!” before leaving her home forever in the play The Cherry Orchard.
ANSWER: Madame Ranevskaya [or Lyubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya or Madame Ranevsky]
[10e] Knipper, a prominent stage actor, married this playwright after meeting him during rehearsals for his play The Seagull. This Russian author wrote The Cherry Orchard.
ANSWER: Anton Chekhov [or Anton Pavlovich Chehkov; accept Chekhov’s gun]
[10m] Chekhov wrote to Knipper “What a part I’ve got for you in [this play]” before offering her the role of Masha. This play is set on the name day of Irina, who is another of the title siblings.
ANSWER: Three Sisters [or Tri sestry]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers) | 10/14/2023 | Y | 7 | 15.71 | 86% | 71% | 0% |
Data
| Fordham | Delaware B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Maryland | Penn | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| NYU C | Columbia B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Princeton | NYU A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| NYU B | Rutgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swarthmore A | Rowan | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia A | Swarthmore B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |