Round 2: Tossup 19

A play by this author ends with a monologue whose speaker laments “I didn’t go to the moon, I went much further.” “The roar of an approaching (15[1])locomotive” masks the sound of an offstage piano (-5[1])as one of this author’s characters tries to call Shep Huntleigh. In a play by this author, (-5[1])a girl who is nicknamed “Blue Roses” (15[1])has the horn of her miniature (*) unicorn broken by Jim O’Connor. (10[1])A character created by this author says “I have always depended on the kindness of strangers” as she (10[1])departs for a mental hospital after being raped by Stanley. For 10 points, Blanche DuBois was created by what playwright of The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire? ■END■ (10[1])

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