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Book Title: Theatricality As Medium
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Samuel Weber
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Theater / General, Drama, General, Semiotics & Theory
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Publication Year: 2004
Genre: Drama, Literary Criticism, Performing Arts
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 414 Pages
