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A character created by this playwright who describes sex as “bitter” calls himself “the captain of a lost ship.” In a play by this author, one character stresses about inviting two stepmothers to his wedding with Catherine, but is distracted by an argument over reading Seneca. A character from one of this author’s plays constantly answers phone calls in order to resolve an issue arising from side effects of the drug Antril. Martha and the author Parsky alternate inner monologues while sitting in a train compartment in this author’s play The (*) Unexpected Man. A woman vomits on a coffee table in a play by this author beginning (10[1])with a fight between the kids Ferdinand and Bruno. (10[1])In a play (10[1])by this author, the friends Marc and Serge begin fighting over Serge’s purchase of an “Antrios” painting that is completely white. For 10 points, name this French playwright of ‘Art’ and God of Carnage. ■END■

ANSWER: Yasmina Reza
<Literature - European Literature - Drama>
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Ariel Faederthrow away your cards, rally in the streetsCLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!10610
King VidorI wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retireUBC11510
Joel MilesThompson et al.Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms11810

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