One of this author’s characters first appears running into a house and falling flat on his face, after which he invites a friend to the “English Club.” After noting that she “fear[s] love as [she does] the devil,” a maid created by this author admits to loving “Petroushka the butler.” A play by this author opens with a servant warning two lovers that they’ve stayed up until dawn playing the flute and piano. Nine scenes in that play’s third act depict the spread of rumors of one character’s (*) madness. A chapter of a Soviet novel ends with Archibald Archibaldovich holding balyk under his arms outside a burning building named for this author. In a verse drama by this author, a secretary’s fall from a horse is witnessed by his rival in love, Colonel Skalozub. A character protests, “Dostoevsky is immortal!” while entering a “House” named for this author. For 10 points, MASSOLIT’S headquarters are in the house of what author of Woe from Wit? ■END■
ANSWER: Alexander Sergeevich Griboedov [or Alexander Griboyedov; accept Griboedov’s; accept the Griboedov house]
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