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In a play by this author, Jackie Croyton interrupts a game of adverbs-only charades; the central family of that play (20[1])by this author likes to act out a scene from Love’s Whirlwind. In another play by this author, a woman passes out and is woken up with brandy before requesting that Irving Berlin’s song “Always” be played on a gramophone. In the last act of a play by this author, two couples sneak back to London after being subjected to the antics (20[1])of the (*) Bliss family. A line in (10[1])Percy Shelley’s “To a Skylark” (10[2])titles a play (10[1])by this author (10[3])in which the ghost Elvira disrupts Charles (10[1])Condomine’s marriage after a seance (10[1])by Madame Arcati. For 10 points, name this British playwright of Hay Fever and Blithe Spirit. (10[1])■END■ (10[7])

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