Round 4: Tossup 6

In a play by this author, “The Boy” is a topic of conversation between three women aged 92, 52, and 26, who are named A, B, and C, (10[2])respectively. (10[1])In a play by this author, a man throws snapdragons at his wife while shouting (10[1])“Here (10[1])we go round the mulberry bush!” (10[1])A couple’s conversation on a beach is interrupted by Leslie and Sarah, who turn out to be lizards, (10[1])in this author’s (10[1])play Seascape. One character created by this author later announces his son has died after swerving to avoid a porcupine. In a play by this author, Nick and Honey play the game (10[1])“Get the Guests” (10[1])while at a party hosted by George and Martha. For 10 points, name this playwright of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ■END■

ANSWER: Edward Albee [or Edward Franklin Albee III] (The play in the first line is Three Tall Women.)
<Edinburgh A, American Literature> | Packet D
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