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Book Title: Voice And The Actor
Item Length: 8.2in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 5.4in
Author: Cicely Berry
Publication Name: Voice and the Actor
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Publication Year: 1991
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 6.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 160 Pages