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Play Collection at Central Library

book cover for The night of the iguana

The night of the iguana
Tennessee Williams

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book cover for King Lear

King Lear
William Shakespeare

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book cover for Malcolm

Malcolm
Edward Albee

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book cover for Golden boy : play in 3 acts

Golden boy : play in 3 acts
Clifford Odets

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book cover for Anne of the thousand days : play in two acts

Anne of the thousand days : play in two acts
Maxwell Anderson

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book cover for Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy
Alfred Uhry

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book cover for Suddenly last summer

Suddenly last summer
Tennessee Williams

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book cover for The price : a play

The price : a play
Arthur Miller

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book cover for A moon for the misbegotten : a play in four acts

A moon for the misbegotten : a play in four acts
Eugene O'Neill

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book cover for The doctor and the devils : and other scripts

The doctor and the devils : and other scripts
Dylan Thomas

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book cover for Period of adjustment; or, High point is built on a cavern : a serious comedy

Period of adjustment; or, High point is built on a cavern : a serious comedy
Tennessee Williams

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book cover for The school for scandal

The school for scandal
Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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book cover for A song at twilight : a comedy in two acts

A song at twilight : a comedy in two acts
Noel Coward

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book cover for Camino Real : a play

Camino Real : a play
Tennessee Williams

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book cover for You know I can't hear you when the water's running

You know I can't hear you when the water's running
Robert Anderson

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book cover for The rose tattoo : play in three acts

The rose tattoo : play in three acts
Tennessee Williams

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book cover for The tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra

The tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra
William Shakespeare

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book cover for Towards zero : mystery play in three acts

Towards zero : mystery play in three acts
Agatha Christie

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book cover for Angel Street : a victorian thriller in three acts

Angel Street : a victorian thriller in three acts
Patrick Hamilton

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book cover for All my sons : drama in three acts

All my sons : drama in three acts
Arthur Miller

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book cover for The dwarfs and eight revue sketches : play in one act

The dwarfs and eight revue sketches : play in one act
Harold Pinter

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book cover for Cat among the pigeons : a play in three acts

Cat among the pigeons : a play in three acts
Georges Feydeau

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book cover for Quality street : a comedy in four acts

Quality street : a comedy in four acts
J M Barrie

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book cover for The syringa tree

The syringa tree
Pamela Gien

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book cover for Peter Pan : a fantasy in five acts

Peter Pan : a fantasy in five acts
J M Barrie

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book cover for He who gets slapped : a play in four acts

He who gets slapped : a play in four acts
Leonid Andreyev

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book cover for The member of the wedding : a play

The member of the wedding : a play
Carson McCullers

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book cover for The devil and Daniel Webster : play in one act

The devil and Daniel Webster : play in one act
Stephen Vincent Benét

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book cover for The prisoner : a play in three acts

The prisoner : a play in three acts
Bridget Boland

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book cover for My sister Eileen : comedy in three acts

My sister Eileen : comedy in three acts
Joseph A Fields

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book cover for Camille : the lady of the Camellias

Camille : the lady of the Camellias
Alexandre Dumas

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book cover for Bad seed : a play in two acts

Bad seed : a play in two acts
Maxwell Anderson

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book cover for Hogan's goat : a drama in verse

Hogan's goat : a drama in verse
William Alfred

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book cover for Blue denim : a play in three acts

Blue denim : a play in three acts
James Leo Herlihy

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book cover for Private lives : an intimate comedy in three acts

Private lives : an intimate comedy in three acts
Noel Coward

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book cover for Black coffee : a mystery play in three acts

Black coffee : a mystery play in three acts
Agatha Christie

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book cover for Nobody loves an albatross : a contemporary comedy

Nobody loves an albatross : a contemporary comedy
Ronald Alexander

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book cover for The ballad of the sad cafe : Carson McCullers's novella

The ballad of the sad cafe : Carson McCullers's novella
Edward Albee

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book cover for Borstal boy

Borstal boy
Brendan Behan

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book cover for The desperate hours : a play

The desperate hours : a play
Joseph Arnold Hayes

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book cover for Command decision : play in three acts

Command decision : play in three acts
William Wister Haines

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book cover for Becket; or, The honor of God : a play in four acts

Becket; or, The honor of God : a play in four acts
Jean Anouilh

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book cover for Mister Roberts : a play in two acts

Mister Roberts : a play in two acts
Thomas Heggen

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book cover for The moon is blue : comedy in three acts

The moon is blue : comedy in three acts
F Hugh Herbert

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book cover for Peer Gynt : a play in five acts in verse

Peer Gynt : a play in five acts in verse
Henrik Ibsen

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book cover for Clarence Day's Life with father : made into a play in three acts

Clarence Day's Life with father : made into a play in three acts
Howard Lindsay

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book cover for Medea : freely adapted from The zMedeay of Euripides

Medea : freely adapted from The zMedeay of Euripides
Robinson Jeffers

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book cover for Craig's wife : a drama

Craig's wife : a drama
George Kelly

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book cover for Mary, Mary

Mary, Mary
Jean Kerr

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book cover for Detective story : a play in three acts

Detective story : a play in three acts
Sidney Kingsley

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book cover for Home of the brave : play in three acts

Home of the brave : play in three acts
Arthur Laurents

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book cover for The haunting of Hill House : a drama of suspense in three acts

The haunting of Hill House : a drama of suspense in three acts
F Andrew Leslie

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book cover for The lilies of the field

The lilies of the field
F Andrew Leslie

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book cover for Ninotchka : a stage comedy

Ninotchka : a stage comedy
Menyhért Lengyel

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book cover for The heiress : play in two acts

The heiress : play in two acts
Ruth Goetz

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book cover for Edward my son : a play in three acts

Edward my son : a play in three acts
Robert Morley

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book cover for Thieves' carnival : a play in four acts

Thieves' carnival : a play in four acts
Jean Anouilh

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book cover for The curious savage : comedy in three acts

The curious savage : comedy in three acts
John Patrick

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book cover for The hasty heart : comedy-drama in three acts

The hasty heart : comedy-drama in three acts
John Patrick

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book cover for Ladies in retirement : play in three acts

Ladies in retirement : play in three acts
Edward Percy

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book cover for Ondine : a romantic fantasy in three acts

Ondine : a romantic fantasy in three acts
Jean Giraudoux

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book cover for An inspector calls : play in three acts

An inspector calls : play in three acts
J B Priestley

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book cover for Alfie : a play in three acts

Alfie : a play in three acts
Bill Naughton

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book cover for The Caine mutiny court-martial : a drama in two acts

The Caine mutiny court-martial : a drama in two acts
Herman Wouk

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book cover for The confidential clerk : a play

The confidential clerk : a play
T S Eliot

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book cover for The elder statesman : a play in three acts

The elder statesman : a play in three acts
T S Eliot

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book cover for The boy with green hair : comedy-fantasy in three acts

The boy with green hair : comedy-fantasy in three acts
F Andrew Leslie

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book cover for Murder in the cathedral

Murder in the cathedral
T S Eliot

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book cover for I am a camera : a play in three acts

I am a camera : a play in three acts
John Van Druten

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book cover for Enter laughing : a comedy in two acts

Enter laughing : a comedy in two acts
Joseph Stein

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book cover for The fourposter : a comedy in three acts

The fourposter : a comedy in three acts
Jan De Hartog

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book cover for The birthday party : a play in three acts

The birthday party : a play in three acts
Harold Pinter

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book cover for Outward bound : a play in three acts

Outward bound : a play in three acts
Sutton Vane

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book cover for Daddy Long-Legs : a comedy in four acts

Daddy Long-Legs : a comedy in four acts
Jean Webster

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book cover for Night must fall : a play in three acts

Night must fall : a play in three acts
Emlyn Williams

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book cover for The chalk garden : a play

The chalk garden : a play
Enid Bagnold

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book cover for The milk train doesn't stop here anymore

The milk train doesn't stop here anymore
Tennessee Williams

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book cover for TIme remembered : a romantic comedy in two acts

TIme remembered : a romantic comedy in two acts
Jean Anouilh

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book cover for The days and nights of Beebee Fenstermaker : a play in 3 acts

The days and nights of Beebee Fenstermaker : a play in 3 acts
William Hartwell Snyder

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book cover for Mademoiselle Colombe : a play in two acts

Mademoiselle Colombe : a play in two acts
Jean Anouilh

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book cover for Poor Bitos

Poor Bitos
Jean Anouilh

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book cover for The rehearsal : a play in three acts

The rehearsal : a play in three acts
Jean Anouilh

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book cover for Great expectations : a dramatization based on Charles Dickens' all-time great masterpiece, in three acts

Great expectations : a dramatization based on Charles Dickens' all-time great masterpiece, in three acts
Alice Chadwicke

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book cover for Two for the seesaw : a comedy-drama in three acts

Two for the seesaw : a comedy-drama in three acts
William Gibson

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book cover for Tiger at the gates : a play in two acts

Tiger at the gates : a play in two acts
Jean Giraudoux

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book cover for The silver cord : a comedy in three acts

The silver cord : a comedy in three acts
Sidney Coe Howard

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book cover for Small miracle : a play in three acts

Small miracle : a play in three acts
Norman Krasna

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book cover for The time of the cuckoo : a comedy in two acts

The time of the cuckoo : a comedy in two acts
Arthur Laurents

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book cover for Street scene : a play in three acts

Street scene : a play in three acts
Elmer Rice

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book cover for The voice of the turtle : a comedy in three acts

The voice of the turtle : a comedy in three acts
John Van Druten

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book cover for The zoo story ; The death of Bessie Smith ; The sandbox : three plays

The zoo story ; The death of Bessie Smith ; The sandbox : three plays
Edward Albee

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book cover for The American dream : a play

The American dream : a play
Edward Albee

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book cover for Jean Giraudoux : four plays. Vol. 1

Jean Giraudoux : four plays. Vol. 1
Jean Giraudoux

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book cover for Jean Giraudoux : three plays. Vol. 2

Jean Giraudoux : three plays. Vol. 2
Jean Giraudoux

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book cover for Tea and sympathy : a drama in three acts

Tea and sympathy : a drama in three acts
Robert Anderson

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book cover for Stalag 17 : comedy melodrama in three acts

Stalag 17 : comedy melodrama in three acts
Donald Bevan

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book cover for Wuthering Heights : a drama in three acts

Wuthering Heights : a drama in three acts
Randolph Carter

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book cover for Witness for the prosecution : a play in three acts

Witness for the prosecution : a play in three acts
Agatha Christie

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book cover for Seven keys to baldpate : a mysterious melodramatic farce in a prologue, two acts and an epilogue

Seven keys to baldpate : a mysterious melodramatic farce in a prologue, two acts and an epilogue
George M Cohan

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book cover for The odd couple : a comedy in three acts

The odd couple : a comedy in three acts
Neil Simon

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