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Traditional Drama Research Group. Wcbmastcr P. Millington.

Sheffield: National Centre for English Cultural Tradition, University of Sheffield, 2000-04. <http://www.shef.ac.uk/ ~tdrg/index.htm> [accessed 4 June 2004]

Over the years a core group of individuals has keen drawn together by their interest in the various aspects of traditional drama. Members of the Traditional Drama Research Group have produced much valuable research, rediscovered old scripts, published periodicals and compiled indexes and bibliographies. The fruits of their labour, plus ...

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