Question
As the lights go down at the end of this play, the alcoholic hedge-master Hugh quotes from the Aeneid that “a race was springing from Trojan blood to overthrow some day these Tyrian towers.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this play in which Owen acts as a go-between for English surveyors and the citizens of Ballybeg. Despite being written in English, much of this play's dialogue is understood to be in Irish.
ANSWER: Translations
[10m] Brian Friel, the author of Translations, won a Tony Award for a play in which the Mundy sisters reminisce about performing this action “at Lughnasa.” Septimus and Thomasina perform this action at the end of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia.
ANSWER: dancing [or Dancing at Lughnasa; or waltzing]
[10e] Because of its themes of imperialism and cultural domination, Translations is often read through the lens of this academic movement, whose theorists include Gayatri Spivak and Edward Said.
ANSWER: postcolonial studies [or postcolonialism; or post-colonial theory]
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Summary
| 2024 Penn Bowl CWRU | 11/02/2024 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl Chicago | 11/02/2024 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 0% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| Michigan A | Carnegie Mellon | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |