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Zoot Suit and Other Plays

by Luis Valdez · 1992

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Here are three of playwright and screenwriter Luis Valdez's most important and recognized plays: Zoot Suit, Bandido! and I Don't Have to Show You No Stinking Badges! The anthology also includes an introduction by noted theater critic Dr. Jorge Huerta of the University of California-San Diego. Luis Valdez, the most recognized and celebrated Hispanic playwright of our times, is the director of the famous farm-worker theater, El Teatro Campesino.

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Latin AmericaLatin AmericaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
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medium · 214 pages
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