The title character of a novel by this author complains about Copernicus to the librarian who encourages him to write his story, Don Eligio. In a play by this author, a girl dressed in all white and a black sash clings to a woman whose “wax-like” face is covered by a widow’s veil. While caring for his wife, this author wrote a novel in which a character uses his winnings from Monte Carlo to pose as Adriano Meis after he is declared dead. In a play by this author of The Late Mattia Pascal, a man flirts with his former step-daughter in Madame Pace’s brothel. At the end of a play by this author, the deaths of the Child and the Boy lead the Stage Manager to complain, “I’ve lost a whole day over these people.” For 10 points, name this Italian playwright of Six Characters in (10[1])Search of an Author. ■END■