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 an author from this country, as is a play in which a man with a fake pegleg pretends to be a bishop, (10[1])judge, and forensic expert while outwitting policemen. (10[1])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. (10[1])For 10 points, name this home country of Stefano Massini and Dario Fo. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Italy [or Italia; or Italian Republic; or Repubblica Italiana] (The third sentence refers to Fo’s Mistero Buffo.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Yrwin BatanMIT AUMass Boston8810
Arjun NageswaranHarvard ABrandeis B9510
Kayla DrajpuchBrandeis ABU12510
Alex JiangBrown ATufts A13910
Elliott GomesDartmouth AHarvard B13910

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