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In this play, a painter “capable of anything in reason except honesty” pretends he used to beat his mother when in truth she used to beat him. Instead of fighting him, a wrestler in this play pins down and prays for a “rough customer” who had earlier hit Jenny Hill in the face. After learning that Lord Saxmundham is the owner (-5[1])of Bodger’s Whiskey, a woman in this play asks Mrs. Baines to refuse a 5,000-pound donation. At this play’s end, a woman realizes “where salvation is really wanted” is well-fed, snobbish factory workers rather than the poor. In this play, the Greek scholar Adolphus (10[1])Cusins (“cousins”) reveals he is a (10[1])foundling and inherits the business of the arms manufacturer (10[1])Andrew Undershaft. For 10 points, name this play about the title Salvation Army officer by George Bernard Shaw. ■END■ (10[1])

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