TASK DEFINITION: You will be given a trivia clue, and the category it belongs to. You should answer with the best answer that belongs in the category and is described by the clue. For simplicity, answers should be in all lower cased letters.
PROBLEM: Category: SEEING THE LIGHT 
Clue: "The sun's coming up"?  No, this character says, "Envious streaks do lace the severing clouds in yonder east"

SOLUTION: romeo

PROBLEM: Category: OPERAS BASED ON PLAYS 
Clue: "The Queen of Cornwall", from a play by this author, premiered "Far from the Madding Crowd", in Glastonbury

SOLUTION: thomas hardy

PROBLEM: Category: GAITS 
Clue: Also a cooking term, it means to walk with short, delicate steps

SOLUTION:
mince