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Children's theater takes center stage in Francine Prose's 'Mr. Monkey'
Picture actors onstage wearing outlandish costumes, exaggerating their lines and making silly jokes. Who are they and why are they doing this? Those questions are the seeds of Francine Prose’s funny and moving new novel ‘Mr. Monkey.’
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readPicture actors onstage wearing outlandish costumes, exaggerating their lines and making silly jokes. Who are they and why are they doing this? Those questions are the seeds of Francine Prose’s funny and moving new novel ‘Mr. Monkey.’
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