Metaphoric Titles

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'My wife, Ophelia, thought MONSIEUR BUTTERFLY too obvious a title, and suggested I abbreviate it in the French fashion. Hence, M. BUTTERFLY, far more mysterious and ambiguous, was the result.'

-- David Henry Hwang

This section has been revised and expanded in the new paperback and Kindle edition, Playwriting Seminars 2.0.

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