Question

One play by this author ends after the central couple playfully call each other “Crow” and “Painty Face.” In another play by this author, the protagonist kneels down in front of an altar before the sudden appearance of a witch doctor. A man murdered for cheating at dice is one of the “little formless fears” seen by a protagonist created by this author as he stumbles through a forest. This author wrote about the interracial couple Jim and Ella Harris in All God’s Chillun Got Wings. That (10[1])play starred (10[1])Paul Robeson, who also played a Pullman porter created by this author (10[1])who claims he can only be killed by a silver bullet while ruling a Caribbean island. For 10 points, The Emperor Jones is a play by what author who also wrote about the dysfunctional Tyrone family (10[1])in Long (10[2])Day’s Journey into Night? ■END■

ANSWER: Eugene O’Neill [or Eugene Gladstone O’Neill]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Cormac BeirneSorbonneClaremont A8610
Jisoon YooTexas AMichigan State A8810
Roan DowlingIowa ATexas A&M B10010
Isaac OlsonUW AAppalachian State13610
Deepak MuthyalaTexas A&M ARice A13810
Russell NipUBC AIowa B13810

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2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%84.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU01/27/2024Y9100%0%0%115.78
2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota01/27/2024Y2100%0%0%101.50
2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska01/27/2024Y6100%0%0%114.33
2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers01/27/2024Y5100%0%0%107.60
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt01/27/2024Y5100%0%0%84.80