When a character in one of this author’s plays offers to sing an epithalamium to the god Hymen, the protagonist asks why they would sing to the Himalayas during his wedding. In another play by this author, an official has an equestrian portrait painted while two characters attempt to circumvent his secretary, who is named for optimism, to warn him of an impending explosion. The protagonist of a play by this author accidentally creates an epidemic that causes people to lick boots or dance the foxtrot. A play by this author ends with the inventor of a (*) time machine departing to 2030 with the Phosphorescent Woman. (10[1])On the day of his wedding to Elzevira Renaissance, a protagonist created by this playwright named Ivan Prisypkin is frozen for fifty years (10[1])alongside the title (-5[1])insect. For 10 points, The Bathhouse (10[1])and The Bedbug are plays by what Russian Futurist author? ■END■ (0[5])