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This author wrote about Prola and Pra’s sexual commune causing fears of the Last Judgment in his play The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles. In a play by this author, a character who writes maxims about (-5[1])weaponry on his shop and signs them “UNASHAMED” uses Dionysus as a comparison for a man who (-5[2])mistakes him for his (-5[1])ineffectual (0[1])son Stephen. This author wrote a “Romance in Five Acts” that opens by referring to characters like “The (10[1])Bystander” (-5[1])and “The Note-Taker.” (10[1])A woman created by this author, who must marry the foundling Adolphus Cusins (10[1])to inherit her father’s business, is conflicted about (10[1])a donation from the munitions manufacturer Andrew (10[1])Undershaft. (10[1])For 10 points, name this author of Major Barbara (10[1])and a play about (10[3]0[1])Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle, Pygmalion. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: George Bernard Shaw
<British Literature>
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