Question

A work by this author opens with men wagering body parts for a dice game and Dr. Bero torturing his father. This author of Madmen and Specialists featured a play-within-a-play where (-5[1])four women call a camera “the one-eyed box.” A son insults his father by calling him an “eater of leftovers,” and leaves for England to study medicine (10[1])in a play by this author. The story of the “Not-I” bird (10[1])is told by one of this author’s characters who later strangles himself upon seeing the corpse of his son. In that play, Simon Pilkings intervenes in the ritual suicide of Elesin Oba. For 10 points, (10[1])The Lion and the Jewel and Death (10[1])and the King’s Horseman were written by what Nigerian playwright? ■END■ (10[1]0[6])

ANSWER: Wole Soyinka [or Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka]
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY743%0%14%85.33
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY956%0%11%92.60
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY7100%0%14%85.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1486%0%14%103.42
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY6100%0%0%99.50
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY1100%0%0%50.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY6100%0%17%92.17
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%22%101.67

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Rachel Fanous (DII)Michigan A (UG)Ohio State B (DII)30-5
Beckett Gilmore (DII)Jefferson County Scholars (DII)Michigan B (UG)5710
Matthew Lam (DII)Ohio State A (UG) Miami B (UG) 6910
Matthew Kelley (DII)Michigan D (UG)Michigan State A 10410
Lucas Gagen (DII)Miami A (UG) Michigan C 11110
Alan Lee (UG)CWRU A (UG) CWRU B (DII) 1220
Matthew Stall (DII)CWRU B (DII) CWRU A (UG) 1220
Katia Gercheva (DII)CWRU C (UG)Miami C (DII) 1220
Malcolm D’Souza (DII)Ohio State B (DII)Michigan A (UG)12210
Nidhi Kundargi (DII)Michigan State B Ohio State C (DII) 1220
Connor Channels (UG)West Virginia B (UG) West Virginia A (UG) 1220
Venkat Das (DII)West Virginia A (UG) West Virginia B (UG) 1220