Round 7: Tossup 12

In this play, a man who brags about Big Front Door cigarettes confuses the names of an opera singer and chess champion. (10[1])Near the end of this play, the stage darkens as seven actors deliver overlapping lines questioning whether it is easier to be a comic or tragic actor. A girl in this play despairs over missing her first date “at seven fifteen, in front of the park entrance.” Another character in this play yearns for the taste of yogurt and leans on a rail to look tough. (10[1])That character in this play fights an entrance-exam hopeful (10[1])who flashcards the words pig, desk, and dog. Upon the reemergence of the Silent Man, this play (10[1])concludes (10[2])as characters like Glasses, (10[1])Hothead, (10[8])and (10[1])Director (10[1])Ma (10[2])decide to walk to the city. For 10 (10[1])points, characters miss many vehicles while waiting for years at the title location of (10[1])what play by Gāo Xíngjiàn? ■END■

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