Penguins ISBN 0 14 00.3884 1 - The Plays

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First published in the United States by Delacorte Press, A Seymour Lawrence Book 1972 Published in Penguin Books 1974 __
Copyright © J. P. Donleavy, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1972 __
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