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