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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 (10[1])in All God’s Chillun Got Wings. That play (10[1])starred Paul Robeson, who also played a Pullman porter created by this author who claims he can only be killed by a silver bullet while ruling a Caribbean island. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])The Emperor Jones is a play by what author who also wrote about the dysfunctional Tyrone family in (10[1])Long Day’s Journey into Night? ■END■

ANSWER: Eugene O’Neill [or Eugene Gladstone O’Neill]
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2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%84.00
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