Packet 5: Tossup 6

Along with an earlier tragedy, a translation of this play by Geoffrey Hill was published on the day of his death. In this play, a voice in the dark tells a man to “go round” (15[1])as he escapes a group (15[1])that lives by the maxim “to thyself be—enough!” (15[1])After a madman proclaims him emperor before the Great Sphinx in Egypt, (15[1])this play’s protagonist (15[1])sails home, where he looks (15[1])for a list (15[1])of sins (15[1])to keep a (*) button moulder from melting (10[1])down (10[4])his soul. (10[3])This play and a tragedy about the inflexible priest Brand were (10[1])the last of its author’s “dramatic poems.” (10[1])As a young man, (10[1]-5[1])the title character of this play interrupts a wedding and flees into the (-5[1])mountains, (10[1])where he declines (10[1])to give up (10[1])his eyes to marry the daughter (10[1])of the king of (10[2])trolls. (10[3])For 10 points, (10[1])what (10[1])epic Henrik (10[1])Ibsen (10[2])play (10[2])premiered (10[3])with incidental music (10[1])by Edvard (10[1])Grieg? (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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