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Famous Irish Plays & Stories
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Which Irish writer is known for the memoir "Angela’s Ashes" but also wrote fiction?
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What is the theme of "Riders to the Sea" by J.M. Synge?
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Which modern Irish playwright is known for dark comedy and plays like "The Pillowman"?
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In which play does the character Christy Mahon claim to have killed his father?
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Who wrote the story "The Dead," later adapted into a film by John Huston?
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Which novel by James Joyce follows the stream of consciousness of its protagonist over the course of a single day in Dublin?
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What is the title of Oscar Wilde's most famous comedic play?
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Which playwright created the "Leenane Trilogy"?
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What play features the character Juno Boyle?
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Who wrote the short story collection "Dubliners"?
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"Translations" by Brian Friel explores tensions between which two cultures?
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Which Irish writer created the character Dorian Gray?
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Which Irish playwright is known for absurdist works and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969?
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What is the setting for the play "The Beauty Queen of Leenane"?
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Which of these is a tragic play by Seán O’Casey about the Irish Civil War?
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Who wrote the Gothic short story "Carmilla"?
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Which play by Brian Friel is set in the fictional town of Ballybeg?
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What Irish author wrote "Dracula"?
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Which play by J.M. Synge caused riots when first performed in Dublin in 1907?
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Who wrote the play "Waiting for Godot"?
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