The protagonist of this play ponders the phrase “Sometimes it is mutual” in an imagined conversation with his childhood friend, Marc. In this play's opening scene, the protagonist describes his makeshift coffee table after watching a character dance upstage to a love duet. After reading a letter stating, “I have already given you my shame,” the protagonist of this play, (-5[1])who wants to divorce Helga, compares his lover to a character created by John Luther (*) Long. At the end of this play’s second act, (10[1])a character takes off a costume in real time following a reunion with a diplomat in Paris. This play ends with the protagonist committing suicide while wearing a kimono owned by Song Liling, a man acting as a Chinese (10[1])spy. For 10 points, name this play about (10[1])René Gallimard by David Henry Hwang, whose title references a Puccini opera. ■END■ (0[2])