In a play by this author, a bookcase is praised as “dear (10[1])and honored” (10[5])for serving a family for one hundred (10[1])years. (10[3])In another work (-5[1])by this author, a playwright abruptly ends (10[1])his play about a spirit fighting Satan when his mother mocks (10[1])the production. (10[2])The aspiring (10[1])actress Nina (10[2])leaves that (10[1])suicidal (10[2]-5[1])playwright to become the mistress (10[2])of this (10[1])author’s (10[1])semi-autobiographical (10[1]-5[1])character (-5[1])Boris Trigorin. (10[1])The servant (10[2])Firs (10[1])lies (10[2]-5[1])down (10[1])to (10[2])die at the end of a play (10[1])by this author, (10[2])which is accompanied (10[1])by the (10[1])sound (10[1])of (10[1])axes (10[2])chopping (10[13]-5[1])the (10[1])title (10[6])estate (10[6])down. (10[7]-5[2])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[4])name this Russian playwright (10[2])of The (10[2])Seagull (10[3]-5[1])and (10[1])The Cherry (10[2])Orchard, (10[9])who also (10[2])names (10[2])a literary principle (10[2])about a gun firing. ■END■ (10[6])