Question
Description acceptable. In the 2024 play Mother Play, Jim Parsons plays a fictional version of this person whose mother Phyllis rejects him when he comes out as gay. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name or describe this man. In another play by the same author, fictional versions of the author and this man gallivant across Europe after she is diagnosed with ATD, or Acquired Toilet Disease.
ANSWER: Carl Vogel [accept descriptions like Paula Vogel’s brother; prompt on Vogel]
[10m] Paula Vogel memorialized her brother Carl in a play titled for a waltz in this city, the largest in the state where How I Learned to Drive is set. Lanford Wilson set a play in a decaying hotel in this city whose sign reads “Hot L.”
ANSWER: Baltimore, Maryland [accept The Baltimore Waltz or The Hot L Baltimore]
[10e] The preface to The Baltimore Waltz contains a letter from Carl to Paula in which he asks her to read this poet’s “Loveliest of Trees” at his funeral. This poet is the subject of Tom Stoppard’s play The Invention of Love.
ANSWER: A. E. Housman [or Alfred Edward Housman]
<IZ, American Literature>
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 13 | 13.08 | 69% | 54% | 8% |