Question
Ola Rotimi’s essay “Much Ado About [this playwright]” disputes the supposedly seismic effect that this playwright had on avant-garde theater in Africa. For 10 points each:
[10e] Athol Fugard’s Circle Players were named for a play by what author, whose epic theater inspired African adaptations like Wole Soyinka’s Opera Wonyosi and Rose Mbowa’s Mother Uganda and Her Children?
ANSWER: Bertolt Brecht [or Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht] (The Circle Players were named for The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Opera Wonyosi is an adaptation of The Threepenny Opera.)
[10m] Mohammed ben Abdallah, an author from this country, adapted Brecht’s The Good Person of Szechwan into the play Land of a Million Magicians. A playwright from this country wrote Anowa and The Dilemma of a Ghost.
ANSWER: Ghana [or Republic of Ghana] (The latter playwright is Ama Ata Aidoo.)
[10h] This play’s Brechtian elements include its two actors often changing roles mid-scene, such as from jazz musicians to audience members. In this play, the government drops a nuclear bomb in response to Christ’s return as the Black man Morena.
ANSWER: Woza Albert! (by Percy Mtwa, Mbongeni Ngema, and Barney Simon)
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Summary
| 2024 ESPN @ Brown | 04/06/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Cambridge | 04/06/2024 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Chicago | 03/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Columbia | 03/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 26.67 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Duke | 03/23/2024 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Online | 06/01/2024 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
Data
| The Present King of James is Bald | Houston Junior College | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Riley et al. | Cleo: 5/7 movie | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Williams et al. | World's Fair Wiggle Walk | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |