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A poem by this author depicts the Moon being chased by horsemen, as she speaks to a boy at a forge. Another poem by this author, which mentions a “ship out on the sea” and “horse on the mountain,” repeats the line “Green, how I want you (10[1])green.” This author of “Sleepwalking Ballad” declared (-5[1])“I will not see it!” when depicting a man’s (10[1])death “at five in the afternoon” in his “Lament for the Death of a Bullfighter.” In one play, this man depicted the blood of Leonardo and the Groom (10[1])staining the Bride’s dress. For 10 points, name this author who used an all-female cast for his last play The House of (10[1])Bernarda Alba, part of a Spanish “rural trilogy” including Yerma and Blood Wedding. ■END■ (10[3]0[1])

ANSWER: Federico García Lorca (The poem clued in the first line is “The Ballad of the Moon Moon.”)
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Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (DII)Penn A (DII)6210
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Olin Bose (DII)Columbia A (UG)Penn B (DII)12610

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