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In a play by this author, a bookcase is praised as “dear and honored” for serving a family for one hundred years. In another work by this author, a playwright abruptly ends his play about a spirit fighting Satan when his mother mocks the production. (10[1])The aspiring actress Nina leaves that suicidal (10[1])playwright to become the mistress of this author’s (10[1])semi-autobiographical character (-5[1])Boris Trigorin. The servant Firs lies down to die at the end of a play by this author, which is accompanied by the sound of axes chopping (10[1])the title (10[1])estate down. For 10 points, (10[1])name this Russian playwright of The Seagull (10[1])and The Cherry Orchard, (10[1])who also names a literary principle about a gun firing. ■END■ (10[1])

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