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This character orders a man to “eclipse himself” by the time he claps three times. The real-life inspiration for this character wrote about meeting a race with a musical language on the Moon in his novel The Other World. That man’s supposed death (20[1])from a falling beam was fictionalized as this character’s death (20[1])after visiting a convent. (20[1])During a duel, (20[1])this (20[1])character delivers a ballad that repeats “thrust home!” (20[1])This (20[1])title character (20[1])of an 1897 play (20[1])often mentions (20[1])his (*) panache (10[8])(“pa-NASH”). This (10[1])man offers to write a love (10[1])letter for the (10[1])poet (10[1])Christian (“crees-tee-AHN”), but falls for the addressee of that letter, Roxane. (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])an Edmond Rostand (10[1])play (10[2])chronicles (10[1])what French author and swordfighter with a large nose? (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

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