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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 (10[1])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 (10[1])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 play starred Paul Robeson, who also played a Pullman porter created by this (10[1])author who claims he can only be killed by a silver bullet while ruling (10[1])a Caribbean island. For 10 points, 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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Amogh KulkarniGeodesicGeorgia Tech A2010
Jack LewisMTSUKentucky5510
Khushi UmarwadiaSouth CarolinaVanderbilt B9910
Bryanna ShaoVanderbilt AGeorgia Tech B11310
Davin SivertsonAlabamaTennessee13710

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