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faithfulplay about British working-classlife that has appeared.  \nWalter Alen in the New Statesman  \nhttps://archive.org/details/roots0000unse_j5j0  \nPENGUIN PLAYS  \nPLI9  \nROOTS  \nARNOLD WESKER  \nRO○TS  \nBY ARNOLD WESKER  \n—  \nTHE SECOND PLAY OF THE  \nCHICKEN SOUP  \nTRILOGY  \nPENGUIN BOOKS  \nPenguin Books Ltd,Harmondsworth,Middlesex  \n0.5.A.:Penguin Books Inc.,300 Clipper Mill Road,Baltimore I1,MdAU₈TRALIA:Penguin Books Pty Ltd,762 Whitehorse Road,Mitcham,Victoria  \n一  \nFirst published 1959  \nReprinted rg6o  \n一  \nCopyright ◎ Arnold Wesker,1959  \nAll performing rights of this play are fully protected,and permission to perform it,whether by amateursor professionals,must be obtained in advance fromTheatrework (London)Limited,I2 Abingdon Road,London,w8,who can furnish all particulars.This isthe original version and does not quite conform withthe Lord Chamberlain's requirements  \nMade and printed in Great Britainby Western Printing Services LtdBristol  \n# FOR 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