During one of these events, a character is asked questions like “why did the chicken cross the road?” and “is the number 846 possible or necessary?” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this type of event during which Stanley tries to rape Lulu during a game of Blind Man’s Bluff. In a play, this title event is attended by Meg, Goldberg, and McCann.
ANSWER: birthday party [accept The Birthday Party, accept Stanley Webber’s birthday party; prompt on Stanley’s party or Stanley’s birthday]
[10m] This British Nobel Laureate wrote the play The Birthday Party. This author also wrote about the hitmen Ben and Gus in the play The Dumb Waiter.
ANSWER: Harold Pinter
[10e] Emily Webb relives her twelfth birthday after her death in this Thornton Wilder play about Grover’s Corners.
ANSWER: Our Town
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