HUGH LEONARD   (1926 - 2009)


Hugh Leonard
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Plays by Hugh Leonard

HUGH LEONARD
Au Pair Man, The
1st Produced:
Dublin
1968
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "Plays and Players", London, December, 1968
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
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Synopsis:
a reverse Pygmalion as rough Irish bill collector becomes love slave to English lady in this view of the battle between England and Ireland
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HUGH LEONARD
Barracks, The
1st Produced:
Dublin
1969
Company:
-
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-
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Genre:
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Adaptation
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
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Synopsis:
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HUGH LEONARD
Big Birthday, The
1st Produced:
Dublin
1956
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
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-
Parts:
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-
Female
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Notes:
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HUGH LEONARD
Da
1st Produced:
Olney, Maryland
1973
Company:
-
1st Published:
in "Plays Of The Year Vol.44", Elek, London, 1975
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
5
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
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Synopsis:
Returning to his Dublin home for father's funeral confrontation with a ghost presents problems
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HUGH LEONARD
Dead, The
1st Produced:
Dublin
1967
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
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Genre:
Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
4
Female
10
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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HUGH LEONARD
Dublin One
1st Produced:
Dublin
1963
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
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Genre:
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Adaptation
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
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Synopsis:
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HUGH LEONARD
Family Way, The
1st Produced:
Dublin
1964
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
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Genre:
-
Adaptation
Parts:
Male
5
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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HUGH LEONARD
Great Expectations
1st Produced:
1995
Company:
Gate Theatre
1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1998
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Genre:
-
Adaptation
Parts:
Male
9
Female
6
Parts Other:
doubling possible
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
An adaptation of Charles Dickens's Victorian tale of the young Pip's ascent through the English social classes with the help of his benefactor, Magwitch.
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HUGH LEONARD
Irishmen
1st Produced:
Olney, Maryland
1975
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1983
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-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
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Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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HUGH LEONARD
Italian Road, The
1st Produced:
Dublin
1954
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
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Genre:
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-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
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Synopsis:
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HUGH LEONARD
Kill
1st Produced:
1982
Company:
1st Published:
in Selected Plays of Hugh Leonard, French, london, 1992
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
5
Female
5
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
The tenant of Kill House - seventy-five miles from Dublin, if you know the short-cut - is entertaining a distinguished group of guests. The menu includes boiled mutton, blackmail, intimidation, bribery and crimes of the flesh.
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HUGH LEONARD
Last Of The Last Of The Mohicans, the
1st Produced:
Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
1975
Company:
Irish Theatre Company
1st Published:
in "Suburb of Babylon", French, London, 1983
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Genre:
Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
voice
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Dominick, having packed his wife off on retreat to an obscure saint's shrine, is poised to enjoy an adulterous affair with sexy Grace. Grace arrives, followed by Dominick's wife, followed by Grace's husband - a formidable Aer Lingus pilot. Eventually the evening is resolved amicably although not quite how Dominick intended!
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HUGH LEONARD
Late Arrival Of The Incoming Aircraft, The
1st Produced:
-
-
Company:
-
1st Published:
Evans Bros, London, 1968
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Genre:
Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
3
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
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Synopsis:
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HUGH LEONARD
Leap In The Dark, A
1st Produced:
Dublin
1957
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
ISBN
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Genre:
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-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
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HUGH LEONARD
Liam Liar
1st Produced:
1976
Company:
Noel Pearson Productions
1st Published:
-
ISBN
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Genre:
-
Adaptation
Parts:
Male
3
Female
5
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Relocated to Ireland, Liam Liar tells the story of a lazy, wildly inventive, daydreaming, irresponsible clerk with an extraordinarily vivid imagination and an inability to tell the truth. Unable to come to grips with the drab reality of his life, or with his own lack of direction, he treats his girlfriends and his family irresponsibly and spends his time retreating into that daydream world where he is the dictator of an imaginary country.
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HUGH LEONARD
Life, A
1st Produced:
1979
Company:
1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1980
ISBN
-
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
4
Female
4
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
As a result of his visit to the local doctor, Drumm calls upon Mary and Lar Kearns, friends from whom he has been estranged, in an attempt to assess himself, his life and to discover, in his own words, what he amounts to. Later he and his wife, Dolly pay a social Sunday evening call on the Kearns, but in his mind are two other evenings forty years previously: one an outing to a local park, the other the occasion of his first attempt at public speaking. The past is an explanation for the present, but even Drumm's self-knowledge is founded on illusion.
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HUGH LEONARD
Lily Lally Show, The
1st Produced:
1994
Company:
1st Published:
-
ISBN
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Genre:
Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
-
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
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Synopsis:
Mary Moone, an old vaudevillian, insists that she does not audition, and yet here she is in front of an unseen and unknown audience. "Do I get the part?" she asks, only half in jest and what transpires is, in spite of herself, an audition.
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HUGH LEONARD
Love In The Title
1st Produced:
1999
Company:
1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 2000
ISBN
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
-
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
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Synopsis:
Set in 1932, 1964 and 1999. Set over three different time frames, Love in the Title explores the lives of three extraordinary women, Katie, Triona and Catherine. As their innermost fears and secrets are revealed, it is clear that their stories of love lost and won, of an Ireland growing up, have more in common than they ever would have dreamed.
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HUGH LEONARD
Madigan's Lock
1st Produced:
Dublin
1958
Company:
-
1st Published:
Brophy, Dublin, 1987
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Parts:
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Female
-
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
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HUGH LEONARD
Mask Of Moriarity, The
1st Produced:
1985
Company:
Gate Theatre
1st Published:
Brophy, Dublin, 1987
ISBN
-
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Genre:
Comedy Thriller
Thriller
Parts:
Male
14
Female
4
Parts Other:
doubling possible
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
An impossible murder on Waterloo Bridge and the true identity of Jack the Ripper are but two of the problems faced by Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson as they face up to their arch-enemy in this spoof of the Conan Doyle stories.
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HUGH LEONARD
Mick And Mick
1st Produced:
Dublin
1966
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1966
ISBN
-
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
6
Female
5
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
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Synopsis:
bleached hair and low cut dresses do not go down well with family when woman returns to Ireland for her brother's ordination
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HUGH LEONARD
Moving
1st Produced:
1992
Company:
1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1994
ISBN
-
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
5
Female
4
Parts Other:
Cross casting is essential
Notes:
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Synopsis:
It is 1957 and the Noone family is moving into a new house in Dublin. Presiding over the event is the Removals Man, who steps in and out of the action to explain the characters and their stories. The second half of the play is set in 1987 and the same family, no older than before, is moving into an even better house, their new relationships reflecting the revolutions that have taken place in family life in the intervening years.
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HUGH LEONARD
Nothing Personal
1st Produced:
Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
1975
Company:
Irish Theatre Company
1st Published:
in "Suburb of Babylon", French, London, 1983
ISBN
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Genre:
Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Garrulous suburbanite Phil is taken by Pat, whom he has just met in a pub, to No. 19, the home of Betty, whose husband is interned in the North. Initially, the atmosphere is jovial as they await a fourth member of the party, but it becomes increasingly sinister and Phil realises he has been kidnapped. He must await the fourth member - and execution.
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HUGH LEONARD
Passion Of Peter Ginty, The
1st Produced:
Dublin
1961
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
ISBN
-
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Genre:
-
Adaptation
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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HUGH LEONARD
Patrick Pearse Motel, The
1st Produced:
1971
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1971
ISBN
-
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Genre:
-
Farce
Parts:
Male
4
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Both husband and wife and their respective lovers end up in same empty out of season motel
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HUGH LEONARD
Pizzazz
1st Produced:
1983
Company:
1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1986
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Genre:
Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
2
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
two strangers play an elaborate game which involves re-enacting a marriage on the rocks
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HUGH LEONARD
Poker Session, The
1st Produced:
Dublin
1963
Company:
-
1st Published:
Evans, London, 1963
ISBN
-
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
3
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
At family poker session they are confronted with their contribution to the illness of released mental patient who has just killed his former rival
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HUGH LEONARD
Quick, The
1st Produced:
Dublin
1967
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
ISBN
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Genre:
Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
3
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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HUGH LEONARD
Roman Fever
1st Produced:
1983
Company:
1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1986
ISBN
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Genre:
Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
1
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Period 1930, cherished memories and illusions are shattered on a restaurant terrace in Rome
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HUGH LEONARD
Saints Go Cycling In, The
1st Produced:
Dublin
1965
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
ISBN
-
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Genre:
-
Adaptation
Parts:
Male
8
Female
2
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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HUGH LEONARD
Scorpions
1st Produced:
Dublin
1983
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
ISBN
-
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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HUGH LEONARD
Senna For Sonny
1st Produced:
1994
Company:
1st Published:
-
ISBN
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Genre:
Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
4
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Recently returned from a seven year exile, Chas (married to Roisin) is about to present his new invention for the approval of an old civil war adversary, who is now the Minister for Defence. Much depends on the success of this demonstration, but domestic life must meanwhile go on. Sonny, the Mangans' pride and joy, has not visited in two days and a coming rainstorm stirs poignant memories for Roisin.
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HUGH LEONARD
Some Of My Best Friends Are Husbands
1st Produced:
London
1976
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
ISBN
-
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Genre:
-
Adaptation
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
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HUGH LEONARD
Stephen D
1st Produced:
Dublin
1962
Company:
-
1st Published:
Evans Bros, London, 1964
ISBN
-
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Genre:
-
Adaptation
Parts:
Male
24
Female
7
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Episodes in growing up of young Irishman who renounces family, church and country
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HUGH LEONARD
Summer
1st Produced:
Olney, Maryland
1974
Company:
-
1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1979
ISBN
-
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
4
Female
4
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
a picnic near Dublin six years after the first shows how changes have taken place for three couples and two offspring
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HUGH LEONARD
Time Of Wolves And Tigers, A
1st Produced:
Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
1975
Company:
irish Theatre Company
1st Published:
in "Suburb of Babylon", French, London, 1983
ISBN
-
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Genre:
Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
1
Female
-
Parts Other:
voice
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
Jumbo, an alcoholic civil servant, returns home half-drunk. His wife has left him and Jumbo is afraid of the empty house. Seeking reassurance he starts phoning friends, only to discover that he is in trouble at work. Feeling isolated, he manages to contact his wife and persuades her to return home, promising to mend his ways. But Jumbo knows he can never change and the play ends with him trying to come to grips with his fear of his empty house and life.
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HUGH LEONARD
Time Was
1st Produced:
1976
Company:
1st Published:
Penguin, London, 1981
ISBN
-
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Genre:
-
Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
6
Female
3
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
When Bea and John visit Ellie and P.J., John explains his theory that so many people are longing for the simplicity of bygone days that Time has ruptured and people are disappearing back into the past. Similarly people we want to see again are appearing by the score! The comedy dissolves later to show the strains of suburbia underneath until P.J. wishes himself back - and disappears.
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HUGH LEONARD
View From The Obelisk
1st Produced:
1983
Company:
1st Published:
Samuel French, London, 1986
ISBN
-
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Genre:
-
One Act
Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
-
Synopsis:
conversations on a Dublin hilltop between father and son although their relationship is not known to each other
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HUGH LEONARD
Walk On The Water, A
1st Produced:
Dublin
1960
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
ISBN
-
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Genre:
-
-
Parts:
Male
-
Female
-
Parts Other:
-
Notes:
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Synopsis:
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