Question

For a play by an author from this country, Es Devlin designed a Tony-winning set shaped like a rotating glass box. In that play from this country, three actors play multiple generations of a family beginning with Henry, Emanuel, and Mayer. Short monologues inspired by Biblical apocrypha, sometimes in grammelot, comprise a “comedic mystery play” from this country denounced by the Vatican. The Lehman Trilogy is by (10[1])an author from this country, as (-5[1])is a play in which a man with a fake pegleg pretends to be a bishop, judge, and forensic (10[1])expert while (10[1])outwitting policemen. The Maniac gets the Superintendent to reveal that he pushed a man out of a window in a play by an author from this country, Accidental Death of an Anarchist. For 10 points, name (10[1])this home country of Stefano Massini and Dario Fo. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Italy [or Italia; or Italian Republic; or Repubblica Italiana] (The third sentence refers to Fo’s Mistero Buffo.)
<Berkeley A, European Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Chris YooWilliam & MaryUNC B6610
Johanna BryantLiberty CWake Forest72-5
Noah ChinVirginia Tech AUNC C9110
Joseph ChambersVirginia AUNC D9310
Jacob EgolDukeLiberty A12910
Robert FreemanSouth CarolinaLiberty B13810
Sachin PoobalasinghamWake ForestLiberty C13910

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