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A play by this author opens with the patriarch of a family inventing the alphabet and the wheel. (10[3])Cain is renamed Henry (-5[1])after killing Abel in a play by this (10[1])author, (10[1])in which the Antrobus (10[2])family (10[1])survives (10[3]-5[1])a great flood (10[2]-5[1])and (10[1])an ice age. (10[3]-5[1])In (10[1])the (10[1])“Daily Life” section of a (10[1])play by this author, (-5[1])a choir sings “Blessed be the (10[1])Tie (10[1])that (10[1])Binds” (10[2])under the direction of the (10[1])alcoholic (10[2])Simon Stimson. (10[2])A (10[1])character (10[1])created (10[2])by this playwright (-5[1])asks, (10[1])“Do (10[1])any human (10[1])beings (-5[1])ever (10[1]-5[1])realize life while (10[1])they (10[1])live (10[1])it?” (10[1]-5[1])This author of The Skin of Our Teeth (10[1])depicted (10[1])Emily (10[1]-5[1])Webb (10[3]-5[1])reliving her (10[1])12th (10[3])birthday (10[4])in (10[1])a (10[1])play where (10[1])the Stage (10[1])Manager (10[1]-5[1])narrates (10[2]-5[1])about life in (10[2])Grover’s (10[1])Corners. (-5[3])For 10 points, (10[4])name this playwright of Our Town. (10[2])■END■ (10[8]0[12])

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