Question
Answer the following about contemporary theater in which animals are played by humans, for 10 points each.
[10e] Actors in wire heads play these title animals in Peter Shaffer’s play about a repressed teen. Nick Stafford used life-size puppets in his play titled for a “War” one of these animals, which Steven Spielberg adapted into a movie.
ANSWER: horses [or Equus; accept War Horse]
[10h] This British actress known for her physicality played the ape Red Peter in the play Kafka’s Monkey. This first woman to play King Lear on stage had an acclaimed turn as the witches in Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth.
ANSWER: Kathryn Hunter [or Aikaterini Hadjipateras]
[10m] In an A. R. Gurney comedy, a human woman plays the title dog of this name, who is adopted by Greg and Kate. At the end of another play, Stevie drags in a dead animal of this name, to the horror of her architect husband Martin.
ANSWER: Sylvia [prompt on the goat] (The latter play is The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? by Edward Albee.)
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Summary
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2024 ESPN @ Cambridge | 04/06/2024 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
2024 ESPN @ Chicago | 03/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
2024 ESPN @ Columbia | 03/23/2024 | Y | 7 | 15.71 | 100% | 43% | 14% |
2024 ESPN @ Online | 06/01/2024 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
Data
Labour's Lost Lovers | Clark A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Jason Lovers | Clark B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Triple Round Robin Lovers | Jeffrey and Dahmers | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |