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The Play of Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes · 1993

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The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. This play is a dramatization of Daniel Keyes's story about a retarded adult who desperately wants to be able to read and write.

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disabilitydisabilityMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 90 pages
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