One play by this author ends after the protagonist rips up a note written by a man who is likely her half-brother due to the promiscuity of a reverend. The protagonist of that play by this author takes a job doing actuarial work with Honoria Fraser. A popular line in a play by this author which occurs before the declaration, “I am going in a taxi,” was scandalously said onstage by the actress Mrs (*) Patrick Campbell. In one play by this author, Vivie learns that her mother manages brothels. In a different play by this author, Ezra Wannafeller leaves part of his inheritance to England’s “most original moralist.” That play by this author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession centers on a bet made between Colonel Pickering and Henry Higgins about fixing Eliza Doolittle’s Cockney accent. For 10 points, name this Irish-born author of the play Pygmalion. ■END■
ANSWER: George Bernard Shaw (The popular line is “Walk! Not bloody likely.”)
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