Selected plays of Hugh Leonard
| By: | Hugh Leonard, S. F. Gallagher |
| Publisher: | Colin Smythe Ltd. |
| Published: | January 1992 |
| Pages: | 470 |
| Categories: | Play |
| Language: | English |
| Available as: | Hardback, Paperback |
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Contents include: The Au Pair Man; The Patrick Pearse Motel; Da; Summer; A Life; Kill. An introduction to the work of Hugh Leonard is provided by Professor S. F. Gallagher.
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Leonard's Log - Again
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A collection of acerbic journalistic pieces from the pen of Hugh Leonard. First published in his Sunday Independent column over the preceding twelve months.
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Leonard's Log
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A collection of Hugh Leonard's journalistic musings from his Sunday Independent newspaper column.
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