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[yellow11]

help please
1a playwright suits hit musical to a "t" 5 ??m?T
1dhis drama first seen in 1940,his theatre didn't appear until 1952 9??C?A?T?T
13d where hardy was in the dark,brecht shed light 2 ,8 ?N/?E?E?R?S
thanks-explanations welcome

[boxtops]

13d - In tenebris

[octogenarian]

1a Mamet

[quinie]

1a Mamet?

[yellow11]

thanks so far-1d now starts with m so could be mccarthy/mccarthur? as final t was a guess for 19a" the dread-----that is ,death-will reign until the human race has begun a new cycle"vidal, kalki 4 ??M?-time?

[poetaster]

1d MacCarthy
Desmond MacCarthy, literary critic for the Sunday Times - collections published as "Drama" (1940) and "Theatre" 1952
19ac Yama
"the dread Yama - that is, death"

[yellow11]

thanks -now i can sleep!