Round 5: Tossup 18

This author wrote a film in which a woman says “I didn’t think such violent things could happen to ordinary people,” before being asked “whatever your dream was, it wasn’t a very happy one, was it?” by a man who puts down his crossword. Ben Hecht adapted a play by this author into Ernst Lubitsch’s romcom Design for Living. A housewife (10[1])and doctor meet at a train station in this author’s (10[1])play Still Life, which inspired David Lean’s film Brief (10[1])Encounter. Kay Hammond wore green makeup for a film that abandons this author’s signature finale, in which the protagonist tiptoes offstage. (10[1])In a play by this author, Charles Condomine deals with the jealousies of his second wife Ruth and the ghost of his deceased (10[1])wife, Elvira. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])a séance occurs in what author’s play Blithe Spirit? ■END■ (0[3])

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