Question

This author inserted his alter ego the Green Crow into a play about a mysterious statue, Figuro in the Night. A “Figure in the Window” makes speeches about bloodshed and redemption in a scene by this author originally published as The Cooing of the Dove, which ends after three men carry a flag into a bar. In a play by this author, Mrs. Madigan takes the (-5[1])gramophone of a man who exclaims “The whole worl’s in a terrible (15[1])state o’ chassis” after his furniture is repossessed when he fails to receive an (*) inheritance. (-5[1])Like another author’s “Playboy riots,” this author incited a riot at the Abbey Theatre during the premiere of a play that ends as Bessie is mistaken for a sniper and shot, saving Nora Clitheroe. For 10 points, name this Irish playwright of Juno and the Paycock (-5[1])and The Plough and the Stars. ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Seán O’Casey [or Seán Ó Cathasaigh; accept John Casey]
<CH, British Literature>
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