A character created by this author named The Fixer is rendered as a scorpion-skeleton-snake hybrid in a puppet adaptation by Hystopolis Productions. George Cukor quit three days into rehearsals as director of one of this author’s plays, in which the student Sam tries to hold off a character who notices the blinds are drawn despite there being a heat wave. A play by this author calls for the sounds of a merry-go-round to drown out the lines (*) “efficiency—economy—business—business—BUSINESS—” as the stage revolves. This author won (10[1])a Pulitzer for a naturalistic play (10[1])in which Maurrant shoots his wife and Sankey on the stoop of a New York brownstone. (10[1])The protagonist (10[1])of a play by this author meets Daisy in the Elysian fields, (10[3]-5[1])where he appears after (10[1])being hanged for stabbing his boss. For 10 points, Street Scene is by what American playwright who wrote about Mr. Zero’s layoff in The Adding Machine? ■END■ (0[1])