A VINTAGE ORIGINAL, OCTOBER 2000
FIRST EDITION
Copyright © 2000 by Dael Orlandersmith
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Orlandersmith, Dael.
[Plays. Selections]
Beauty’s daughter ; Monster ; The gimmick : three plays /
Dael Orlandersmith.— 1st ed.
p. cm.
“A Vintage original”—T.p. verso.
eISBN: 978-0-307-48205-1
1. Afro-American women—Drama. I. Title: Beauty’s daughter ; Monster ; The gimmick. II. Orlandersmith, Dael. Monster. III. Orlandersmith, Dael. Gimmick. IV.
Title: Monster. V. Title: Gimmick. VI. Title.
PS3565.R5734 B43 2000
812′.54—dc21 00-034946
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