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Book Title: Selected Plays
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Alice Childress
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Anthologies (Multiple Authors), General
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Publication Year: 2011
Genre: Drama
Item Weight: 13 Oz
Number of Pages: 272 Pages