Packet 10: Tossup 15

A real-life theater production inspired this author to write a film scene in which an actor says “I’m making a horseth asseth of myselfeth” while rehearsing a “gay” version of Richard III. In a film written by (15[1])this author, a man says (15[1])“there is no deceit in the cauliflower” during a dinner (15[1])to win over a girl’s father, who then tells him to “stay the hell out of Minnesota, you goddamn newlywed!” A play by this screenwriter of The Heartbreak Kid kicked off the Broadway (-5[2])directing career (-5[1])of Mike (*) Nichols. Gene Saks adapted a play by this author into a (-5[1])film in which Robert Redford and Jane Fonda hear an Albanian folk song at (10[1])a restaurant. Bob Fosse choreographed “Big Spender” for the film version of this author’s musical based on Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria, Sweet Charity. Mel Brooks inspired a play by this author that was adapted into the second film to star Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. For 10 points, name this (10[1])playwright of Barefoot in the Park (10[1])and (10[1])The Odd Couple. (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

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