Round 1: Tossup 9

A character in this play complains about her relative Margaret, who had to be cremated because she was unable to fit in a coffin. In this play, a man quotes the Napoleonic Code to a woman who denies that her sister lived at Hotel Flamingo in Laurel, Mississippi. (10[1])In this (10[1])play, a woman dances the Varsouviana (“var-so-VEE-ah-nuh”) polka as her husband Allan commits suicide before losing her (-5[1])job as a (10[1])schoolteacher and her family’s (10[1])historic home, Belle Reve (10[1])(“rev”). After (10[1])being assaulted by Stanley Kowalski, (10[1])her sister (10[1])Stella’s husband, the protagonist of this play states “I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” For 10 points, name this play by Tennessee Williams about Blanche Dubois. ■END■ (10[1])

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