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Hillbilly Tragedy

Notes

On what’s not playing in American theatres in the 2017–18 Season.

Artist / Author David Young
Publisher MIT Press
Reference A0864
Date 2018
Journal PAJ
Journal date May 2018
Journal page 13-24
Type Article

Keywords

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