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Documentary Trial Plays in Contemporary American Theater Paperback - 2013 - 1st Edition
by Jacqueline O'Connor
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- Title Documentary Trial Plays in Contemporary American Theater
- Author Jacqueline O'Connor
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 248
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Southern Illinois University Press
- Date 2013-07
- ISBN 9780809332366 / 0809332361
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.7 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.78 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Historical drama, American - History and, Literature and history - United States -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012043920
- Dewey Decimal Code 812.051
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