Twit: typescript, 1974, 1979.

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Twit: typescript, 1974, 1979.

Clean typescript, described on title page as "a Black play with music loosely based on William Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure'."

1 volume (121 leaves) ; 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6690552

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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