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In a play by this author, the “Christ-killer” Matthew Cordelier aids the downfall of a man who cries “you are the invention of the past, I am the inventor of the future!” before being bayoneted. Five nameless bankers panic over the arrival of “Dependa” in a play by this author that features several banal arguments over the beer brands Primus and Polar. (-5[1])In a play by this author, an old man’s rant about opossums overrunning his land (10[1])and the hero’s encounter with two drunks under a wheelbarrow are punctuated by the refrain “Freedom, hi-day!” (10[2])In that (-5[1])play by this author, (10[1])Eshu shows up uninvited to a masque put (10[2])on by the Greek (10[1])gods. Gayatri Spivak translated this author’s play about Patrice Lumumba. (10[2]-5[1])In a (10[1])play by (10[1])this author, (10[2])the name “X” is claimed by Caliban. (10[2]-5[1])For (-5[1])10 points, name this Martinician playwright of A Season in the Congo and Une Tempête ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Aimé Césaire
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