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A play by this author ends as one of its characters describes rising out from a woman’s “icy form” and proclaiming, “We are beautiful, drunk, joyous, and free!” (15[2])This author fully rewrote the preface of one of his plays in which a beflowered coffin (-5[1])opens to reveal an old woman whom Deodatus Village claims to have strangled. One play by this author begins with one title character telling the other to leave her “eternal gloves” in the kitchen, accusing her of wearing them to seduce a (*) milkman. James Earl Jones acted in a play by this author (-5[1])in which (-5[1])a Queen in whiteface presides over a kangaroo trial with an all-Black cast. The case of Christine and Léa Papin inspired a play by this man in which Solange and Claire play-act the murder of their mistress Madame. For 10 points, name this French playwright of (10[1])The Blacks (10[1])and The Maids. ■END■ (10[2]0[2])

ANSWER: Jean Genet
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