Question

A play titled for this concept revolves around a highway robber who, like his Protestant creator George Farquhar, moves from Derry to London. This concept titles a play in which the protagonist takes the identity of Truth to avoid signing a contract that would give his inheritance to Ben. In a different play titled for this concept, Alexas denies a man’s prophesying about the doomed fate of Egypt. Angelica, the niece of the astrologer Foresight, becomes engaged to Sampson Legend in a (*) William Congreve play whose title contains this concept twice. Serapion delivers a eulogy for Mark Antony and Cleopatra in a John Dryden play titled for this concept, the first word in the title of a comedy about the King of Navarre’s abstinence from women. For 10 points, name this concept that, in the title of a Shakespeare comedy, has its Labour’s (10[1])Lost. (10[2])■END■

ANSWER: love [or Love’s Labour Lost; or All for Love; or Love for Love; or Love and the Bottle]
<Noah Sheidlower, British Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Eli IssoksonBrandeisMIT14210
Jason HongBrownBoston College14310
Jeffrey FungHarvardTufts14310

Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y6100%0%17%109.17
2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%0%0%142.67
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%0%20%114.80
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%0%25%124.00
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%0%50%125.00
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%0%0%143.33
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%50%136.50