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One play by this author ends with the stage direction “They embrace. But they do not know the secret in the poet’s heart.” In a play by this author, the stage direction “there is nothing: all existence seems suspended infinitely” appears before a transition back into the Spanish Sierra Nevada. A stage direction in a play by this author notes that the protagonist “smiles for the first time” as she searches for a ring thrown into a fireplace. In one of this author’s plays, the note (10[1])“One recognizes the Mozartian strain” (10[1])appears before the “Don Juan in Hell” sequence. (10[2])The protagonist throws slippers at a man in a play by this author that begins with Freddy running into a flower girl in Covent Garden. (10[1])For 10 points, name this playwright of Man and Superman and Pygmalion. ■END■

ANSWER: George Bernard Shaw (The first line is from Candida.)
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