King Hedley - 2024 PLAYTIME @ Harvard

Question

A character with this name says, “Jesus Christ was a big man. He was the Son of the Father. I too. I am the son of my father” in a play where he cuts the protagonist’s throat. For 10 points each:

[10h] Give this name of a character advised by the wise man Stool-Pigeon. An ex-con who is the second of this name titles a play where he sells stolen refrigerators to try to buy a video store.

ANSWER: King Hedley [or King Hedley; accept King Hedley II or King Hedley II]

[10m] King Hedley originally appeared in a play focusing on a man in this profession, Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton. In an earlier play, Levee and Slow Drag wait for a real-life woman in this profession named Ma Rainey.

ANSWER: musician [accept blues singer]

[10e] Seven Guitars and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom are part of this American author’s Pittsburgh Cycle.

ANSWER: August Wilson [or Frederick August Kittel, Jr.]

<JC, Drama>

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Summary


2025 PLAYTIME @ CWRU	12/10/2024	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Claremont	12/10/2024	Y	5	16.00	80%	80%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Florida	12/10/2024	Y	3	23.33	100%	67%	67%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Harvard	04/26/2025	Y	4	20.00	75%	100%	25%
2024 PLAYTIME @ JHU	10/26/2024	Y	7	17.14	86%	86%	0%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Northwest	12/10/2024	Y	4	22.50	100%	100%	25%
2025 PLAYTIME Online	04/26/2025	Y	9	24.44	100%	100%	44%
2025 PLAYTIME @ Sheffield	12/10/2024	Y	7	14.29	57%	86%	0%
2024 PLAYTIME @ UBC	10/05/2024	Y	8	17.50	100%	50%	25%
2024 PLAYTIME @ Virginia Tech	07/11/2025	Y	3	26.67	100%	100%	67%
2024 PLAYTIME @ WashU	10/12/2024	Y	6	21.67	83%	83%	50%

Data


Lexington	Brandeis	10	10	10	30
Harvard	Brown	0	10	10	20
Belmont	MIT	0	10	0	10
RIT	Boston University	0	10	10	20