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© 2015 Morris Panych
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First printing: 2015
First electronic edition: 2015
Cover illustration and design by Scott McKowen
Talonbooks gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund, and the Province of British Columbia through the British Columbia Arts Council and the Book Publishing Tax Credit.
Rights to produce The Shoplifters in whole or in part, in any medium by any group, amateur or professional, are retained by the author. Interested persons are requested to contact his agent: Pam Winter, Gary Goddard Agency, 149 Church Street, 2nd Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1Y4; tel.: (416) 928-0299 x 205; email: [email protected]; web: www.garygoddardagency.com.
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Panych, Morris, author
The shoplifters / Morris Panych.
A play.
Issued in print and electronic formats.
ISBN 978-0-88922-926-6 (pbk.).—ISBN 978-0-88922-927-3 (epub)
I. Title.
PS8581.A65S56 2015 C812’.54 C2014-907062-4
C2014-907063-2
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