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In response to this play, its lead actor became the namesake of a Cleveland theater troupe based at Karamu House. In a scene in this play, the protagonist searches for the white stone under which he hid canned food, but finds that the ground (10[1])is covered (10[1])with indistinguishable white stones. As this play’s final line, a character declares in Cockney slang that the protagonist died “in the ’eighth of style, any’ow.” (10[1])This play’s protagonist recalls using a shovel to kill a prison guard who whipped him during road work. After the (10[1]-5[1])author refused to remove the n-word from this play, (10[2])actor Charles Sidney (-5[1])Gilpin quit and was replaced with (10[1])Paul Robeson (10[1])as the title character, (-5[2])who (10[1])claims that only a silver (10[1])bullet can kill him. (10[2])For 10 points, an ex-Pullman (10[1])porter (10[1])rules (10[1])a Caribbean island in what play by (10[1])Eugene O’Neill? (10[1])■END■ (10[6]0[1])

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