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A character from this play leaves a place like an “ancient conqueror… might have led in chains through a capital city the prince of a state newly conquered” in the story “Three Players of a Summer Game.” In the notes for the design of this play’s set, its author used Robert Louis Stevenson’s veranda as an example of the “softness” necessary for a Victorian house previously owned by the bachelors Jack Straw and Peter Ochello. (10[2])A character (10[1])in this play who breaks his ankle jumping hurdles (10[2])drinks until he hears a click in his head. That character mourns the loss of Skipper after rejecting him romantically and rails against “mendacity” to his father, Big Daddy. For 10 points, (10[1])name this play about the Pollitt family and Maggie, who feels like the title animal, by Tennessee Williams. ■END■ (0[2])

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