Auntie Mame
- ISBN-10
- 0822217309
- ISBN-13
- 9780822217305
- Series
- Auntie Mame
- Category
- Drama
- Pages
- 119
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Dramatists Play Service Inc
- Authors
- Jerome Lawrence, Robert Edwin Lee
Description
THE STORY: This fabulously successful hit hardly needs introduction. Besides being the source for one of America's most popular musicals, AUNTIE MAME set a standard for Broadway comedy that's been sought after ever since. Auntie Mame was a handsom
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