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Anything You Put In A Play -- Any Speech -- Has Got To Do One Of Two Things: Either Define Character Or Push The Action Of The Play Along.
-Edward Albee
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Anything You Put In A Play --
Edward Albee
Anything You Put In A Play -- Any Speech -- Has Got To Do One Of Two Things: Either Define Character Or Push The Action Of The Play Along.
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