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In a play by this author, a woman tells her son-in-law “I guess most of us make up things we want, don’t get them, and get too old, or too lazy to make up new ones.” In another play by this author, General Griggs laments that he’s “frittered [himself] away” in a monologue on the futility of (10[1])waiting for “that big hour of decision.” Sophie blackmails Nina for five thousand dollars after Nina’s drunk husband Nick Denery passes out in her bed in a play by this author that is set in Constance Tuckerman’s (10[2])summer home. (10[2])During the 1950s, this author wrote the original libretto (10[2])for Leonard Bernstein’s Candide. (10[2])This author’s (10[1])aunts Jenny and Hannah inspired the characters Anna and Carrie, (10[1]-5[1])who unexpectedly reject money offered by their returning brother Julian. For 10 points, name this American writer who collaborated with her husband Dashiell Hammett (10[3])on The (10[1])Autumn Garden (10[1])and wrote Toys in the Attic. (10[4])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Lillian Hellman [or Lillian Florence Hellman]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y24100%0%4%127.00

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Joseph ChambersVirginia ARutgers A5610
Ned TagtmeierChicago AChicago B9310
Tim MorrisonStanford AGeorgia Tech A9310
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AColumbia A9510
Raymond WangCornell AOhio State A9510
Ethan AshbrookMinnesota AToronto A10410
Kevin FanMcGill APenn State A10410
Justin WytmarIllinois AClaremont A10810
Jacob EgolDuke AYale A10810
Grace LiuMIT ANorthwestern A11010
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AMaryland A12010
Michael MaysImperial AUC Berkeley B120-5
William OrrYale BPenn A14410
Sean DoyleHouston APurdue A14410
Neal JoshiWUSTL BIowa State A14410
Richard NiuCornell BIndiana A14610
Jim FanNorth Carolina AHarvard A14810
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BSouth Carolina A15410
Andrew HannaVanderbilt AJohns Hopkins A15410
Rohan ShelkeUC Berkeley BImperial A15410
Collin AceRutgers BFlorida B15410
Puna EkkaMinnesota BColumbia B15510
Anson BernsBrown AFlorida A15510
Robert CondronChicago CTexas A15510
Halle FriedmanNYU AMichigan A15510