Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays by Eric Lane

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An anthology of thirty-six short plays by American playwrights that offer a humorous look at life in the modern world.

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Quality all across the spectrum. A couple of hilarious ones. Elaine May's The Way of All Fish is brilliant. Wanda's Visit is hilarious. Inspiring as a writer because some are so good and others because "I can do that."

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Genre: Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS: 812.04108 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American drama in English One-act plays, monologues One-act plays
LCC: PS627 .C65 .L38 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Collections of American literature Drama
BISAC: DRA DRAMA Anthologies (multiple authors)
PER PERFORMING ARTS Comedy
PER PERFORMING ARTS Monologues & Scenes

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Laugh Lines: Short Comic Plays

by Eric Lane (Editor), Nina Shengold (Editor)

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