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history.He is also the author ofCOMFORT ANDJOY,BOYS'PLAY,HEARTBREAK,HOMEFIRES(all published by Dramatic Publishing),PATIO/PORCH,NATURAL DISASTERS,RUNNING ON EMPTY,BAR-GAINS,MUSIC-HALL SIDELIGHTS,THE LEMON COOKIEand other plays produced in New York,Los Angeles and theatresaround the country.Heifner has written the books to six musicals,including LEADER OF THE PACK on Broadway and,as co-author,AMERICAN BEAUTY(Dramatic Publishing).He hasalso written for film and television.  \n## BOYS’PLAY\n\nA Play in One ActbyJACK HEIFNER  \nYV  \nDramatic PublishingWoodstock,Ilinois·London,England·Melbourne,Australia  \n## ***NOTICE***\n\nThe amateur and stock acting rights to this work are controlled exclusivelyby THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY without whose permissionin writing no performance of it may be given.Royalty fees are given in ourcurrent catalog and are subject to change without notice.Royalty must bepaid every time a play is performed whether or not it is presented for profitand whether or not admission is charged.A play is performed any time it isacted before an audience.All inquiries concerning amateur and stock rightsshould be addressed to:  \nDRAMATIC PUBLISHINGP.O.Box 129,Woodstock,Ilinois 60098  \nCOPYRIGHT LAW GIVES THE AUTHOR OR THE AUTHOR'S AGENTTHE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO MAKE COPIES.This law provides authors with afair returm for their creative efforts.Authors eam their living from the royalties theyreceive from book sales and from the perfomance of their work Conscientiousobservance of copyright law is not only ethical,it encourages authors to continuetheir creative work.This work is fully protected by copyright.No alterations,dele-tions or substitutions may be made in the work without the prior written consent ofthe publisher.No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any formor by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopy,recording,video-tape,film,or any information storage and retrieval system,without pemission inwriting from the publisher.It may not be perfomed either by professionals oramateurs without payment of royaltyAll rnights,including but not limited to theprofessional,motion picture,radio,television,videotape,foreign language,tabloid,recitation,lecturing,publication,and reading are reserved.  \nFor performance of any songs and recordings mentioned in this play whichare in copyright,the permission of the copyright owners must be obtained orother songs and recordings in the public domain substituted.  \nOMCMXCIX byJACK HEIFNER  \nPrinted in the United States of AmericaAll Rights Reserved(BOYS'PLAY)  \nISBN 0-87129-907-0  \n## IMPORTANT BILLING AND CREDIT REQUIREMENTS\n\nAll producers of the play must give credit to the author(s)of the play in all programs distributed in connection withperformances of the play and in all instances in which thetitle of the play appears for purposes of advertising,publi-cizing or otherwise exploiting the play and/or a production.The name of the author(s)must also appear on a separateline,on which no other name appears,immediately fol-lowing the title,and must appear in size of type not lessthan fifty percent the size of the title type.Biographicalinformation on the author(s),if included in this book,maybe used on all programs.On all programs this notice mustappear:  \n“Produced by special arrangement withTHE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock,llinois”  \nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2022 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \nhttps://archive.org/details/boysplayplayinon0000heif  \n## AUTHOR’S NOTES\n\nThe idea to write Boys'Play began when a friend calledfrom my hometown in Texas to tell me (in all seriousness)that flying saucers had landed.This led me to rememberingtimes when,as a teenager,I would go on camping tripswith my best friend.A major part of these wilderness ad-ventures ce","cbCaiivXoNhe1lyk","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiivXoNhe1lyk","pdf",2285833,52,"English","# Author’s Notes\n## Cast","[{\"question\":\"What is the central 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