Question
Broadway producers bent on swapping two acts of a play by this author employed statisticians to compare the number of “chuckles,” “belly-laughs” and “roll-’em in the aisles” for both orders. Late in his career, Alain Resnais (“ah-LAN ren-AY”) directed three film versions of plays by this author, including one whose 16 endings are bisected by a woman’s decision to smoke a cigarette in its opening scene. In a play by this author of Intimate Exchanges, a woman tries to hang, electrocute, and burn herself in the background while the cast repair and clean a (*) kitchen; that play ends with a game of “musical dancing” at a Christmas Eve party. In a trilogy by this playwright based in Scarborough, the title character romances his wife and two sisters-in-law in a fancy dining room, living room, and garden. For 10 points, name this English playwright of social farces like Absurd Person Singular and The Norman Conquests. ■END■
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Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
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2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 12 | 92% | 8% | 0% | 120.82 |