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Author: Richard NelsonCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackPages: 528Publisher: Faber & FaberYear: 1999ISBN: 9780571197088
This collection of Richard Nelson's plays brings together five major works for the stage, including three - Some Americans Abroad, Two Shakespearean Actos and New England - written for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
The collection also includes the plays Principia Scriptoriae and Left, and is introduced by the author.
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