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1. This 1610 work was probably Shakespeare's last piece. It's a comedy about Miranda and her father, Prospero, who rules the island's magical creatures who revolt against him.
2. This 1630 work is the best-known play by Tirso de Molina. It follows Don Juan (as he makes his first literary appearance) as he wrecks his family's reputation and is finally dragged to hell by a statue of someone he killed. This is "The Love _______".
3. This is a 422 BC work by Aristophanes which is a satire of the Athenian jury system. It tells the story of Bdelycleon, who opposes his father, Philocleon, for supporting the ruler, Cleon; and Bdelycleon, who house arrests Philocleon, sets up mock trials for his father.
4. This Shakespeare 1602 work is subtitled "the Moor of Venice". The main character is a professional soldier for Venice and is tricked into killing his wife, Desdemona, by the villain Iago.
5. Written by Lope de Vega at the begining of the 17th century, this historical drama follows military commander Fernan Gómez de Guzmán and the mayor's daughter, Laurencia. Laurencia rejects Guzmán's marriage proposal for a peasant's love, making Guzmán rape and kill her at her wedding feast, only for the town villagers to kill Guzmán and eventually be protected by the king.
6. This 1955 Tennessee Williams play is centered around sex and violence. The story is about Maggie trying to keep the full inheritance of her husband, Brick, for him, and not his family, by announcing her (nonexistent) pregnancy as Big Daddy (Brick's father) is dying.
7. This work, which was first produced by the Royal Court Theatre in London in 1905, was written by George Bernard Shaw. This is his longest drama and is subtitled "A Comedy and a Philosophy". Some of its characters are John Tanner, Henry Straker, Ann Whitefield, and Mendoza.
8. This is a well-known Greek drama by Sophocles. The plot boils down to Apollo's oracle's prediction that Oedipus would learn that he had murdered his father and married his mother. This is "Oedipus _______".
9. This is a 1921 Luigi Pirandello play which follows six characters who act out their unfinished play for a director. The people are a) man who meets his stepdaughter in a brothel, b) the man's remarried wife c) the man's disgruntled son, d) the man's young children, e) a boy who commits suicide, and f) a girl who drowns in a fountain. This is "Six Characters in Search of a(n) ___________".
10. This was Edward Albee's most successful play. This 1962 work is filled with sardonic humor involving Martha and her husband George.
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