Packet 5: Bonus 19
In this play, a senator and an alcoholic painter refer back to a copy of The Lost Princess of Oz given at a second-grade birthday party. For 10 points each:
[10h] What two-hander follows the 50-year relationship of Andy and Melissa? This A. R. Gurney play’s simple staging and optional memorization make it a popular choice for community theaters.
ANSWER: Love Letters
[10e] Two-handers adapted from the letters of people with this job, like Dear Liar and Dear Love, were a specialty of Jerome Kilty. A William Luce play about a person with this vocation popularized her epithet “Belle of Amherst.”
ANSWER: authors [accept writers, poets, or playwrights] (William Luce adapted the letters and diaries of Emily Dickinson into The Belle of Amherst.)
[10m] This playwright of Eurydice adapted the correspondence of Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell into the two-hander Dear Elizabeth. Dr. Givings builds a Victorian vibrator in this author’s play In the Next Room.
ANSWER: Sarah Ruhl
<Editors, American Literature> | N. Playoffs 5 (Editors 5)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago A | Indiana | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Harvard | UC Berkeley B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Penn State | Rutgers | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| Toronto A | Stanford A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UC Berkeley A | NYU A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Virginia Tech | Columbia A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |