Round 10: Tossup 19

A room in this play is described as “haunted by a relationship that must have involved a tenderness which was uncommon.” A character in this play is accused of “passing the buck” of his disgust after a speech recalling his time with the Dixie Stars. A man in this play describes a friendship as “one great good thing” and tells his wife that she is “naming it dirty” in an argument interrupted by a “no-neck monster.” (10[2])A stage note (10[2])in this play notes that a former football star’s suicide inspired a character’s hatred for “mendacity.” A man in this play blames his (10[1])escalated drinking on a leg injury from jumping (10[1])hurdles, rather than the death of his possible lover Skipper. For 10 points, Brick and Maggie Pollitt argue over their marital woes in what play by Tennessee Williams? ■END■

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