In a play by this author, one character makes no effort to help her husband as he suffers a heart attack, after which her daughter accuses her of being one of the “people who ate the earth.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this author who depicted the cunning socialite Regina Giddens in The Little Foxes.
ANSWER: Lillian Hellman
[10m] In The Little Foxes, Regina reveals that she wants to use the profits from her family’s cotton-mill to travel to this city. Another play set in this city begins when Shelley Levene asks for John Williamson’s “leads” in a Chinese restaurant.
ANSWER: Chicago (The second play is Glengarry Glen Ross.)
[10h] Regina desired to go to Chicago for at least twenty years, as depicted in this prequel play to The Little Foxes. In this play, Regina attempts to escape the tyranny of her father by marrying the former Confederate officer John Bagtry.
ANSWER: Another Part of the Forest
<ASU A, American Literature>