Question

A woman in this play fondly compares the protagonist’s name to the “potentates of France and Spain” as he checks his blisters from “walking wild eleven days.” While offering food to the protagonist, a group of teenage girls in this play giggle when they notice that he’s hiding a mirror behind his back. While affirming his love, the protagonist of this play claims that he wouldn’t care if he saw a “drift of chosen females, standing in their shifts itself.” A man with a bandage (10[1])on his head recognizes this play’s protagonist after he wins a mule race. In this play, the Widow Quin (-5[1])and Pegeen Mike (10[1])become enamored with the protagonist after he brags that he killed his father, who surprisingly shows up alive. For 10 points, the sweet talker Christy Mahon is the protagonist of what play that sparked a riot, written by J. M. Synge ■END■

ANSWER: The Playboy of the Western World (The line about women in their “shifts” sparked the riot.)
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Matthew ChristianBinghamtonRIT A103-5
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