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    Square Pegs: A Rhymed Fantasy For Two Girls
    Square Pegs: A Rhymed Fantasy For Two Girls
    Square Pegs: A Rhymed Fantasy For Two Girls
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    Square Pegs: A Rhymed Fantasy For Two Girls

    By Clifford Bax

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    Square Pegs: A Rhymed Fantasy For Two Girls is a play by Clifford Bax. Our protagonists, two young women named Hilda and Gioconda are hopeful seekers of love, in this rhyme based tale.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateJun 13, 2022
    ISBN8596547065227
    Square Pegs: A Rhymed Fantasy For Two Girls

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      Square Pegs - Clifford Bax

      Clifford Bax

      Square Pegs: A Rhymed Fantasy For Two Girls

      EAN 8596547065227

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info

      Table of Contents

      SQUARE PEGS

      SQUARE PEGS A Rhymed Fantasy for Two Girls

      SQUARE PEGS

      SQUARE PEGS

      Table of Contents

      Frontispiece

      SQUARE PEGS

      A Rhymed Fantasy for Two Girls

      Table of Contents

      BY

      CLIFFORD BAX

      LONDON: HENDERSONS

      66 Charing Cross Road, W.C.

      1920

      To

      H. F. RUBINSTEIN

      This play was first performed at Farthingstone on June 19th, 1919, by Phyllis Reid (Hilda Gray) and Margot Sieveking (Gioconda), having been written at their request.

      SQUARE PEGS

      Table of Contents

      CHARACTERS.

      SCENE.

      A Garden. Entrance right and left. Left, a table and two chairs. (The general effect should suggest a little lawn which leads outward in several directions.)

      The arrival of a taxicab is heard, off. Enter left,

      Hilda

      in summer hat and

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