Round 7: Tossup 20

In a story by this author, the origins of a mysterious moving shadow and blueish sparks are explained in stories by the title very old woman. In another story by this author, a group of bakers turn against their favorite customer after she is seduced by a soldier. (-5[2])A father only worries about the impact on his political prospects after his daughter’s suicide attempt in this author’s debut play The Philistines. In a play by this author, a character reading Fatal Love is hit on the head with a book and called a fool. An actor in that play (-5[1])by this author is inspired to seek help in a sanatorium but hangs himself when Luka (10[2])disappears. For 10 points, name this author (-5[1])who followed the lives of a group living in a shelter near the Volga in The Lower (10[1])Depths. (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[1])

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