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Download or read book The Best Short Plays 1989 written by Ramon Delgado and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2000-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Applause Books). A collection of eleven short plays from 1989. Includes: "The Author's Voice," "San Antonio Sunset," "There is No John Garfield," "The Mask of Hiroshima," "Penguin Blues," "Haiku," "Chemical Reactions," "Dolores," "April Snow," "Trout" and "A Poster of the Cosmos."

Download or read book The Best American Short Plays 1989 written by Ramon Delgado and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1989-08-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Best American Short Plays). A collection of eleven short plays from 1989. Includes: "The Author's Voice" Richard Greenberg; "San Antonio Sunset" Willy Holtzman; "There Is No John Garfield" Ernest A. Joselovitz; "The Mask of Hiroshima" Ernest Ferlita; "Penguin Blues" Ethan Phillips; "Haiku" Katherine Snodgrass; "Chemical Reactions" Andrew Foster; "Dolores" Edward Allan Baker; "April Snow" Romulus Linney; "Trout" William R. Lewis; "A Poster of the Cosmos" Lanford Wilson.

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