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A Thousand Clowns By Herb Gardner

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Is the script “A Thousand Clowns,” by Herb Gardner, is without a doubt a comedy. The script does not even come close to being a tragedy. Tragedy's usually ends in something bad happening, but the ending to A Thousand Clowns is anything but a tragedy. A Thousand Clowns is about Nick and his guardian Murray battling Social services workers to keep custody of Nick. In the end the battle is won and Nick gets to Stay with Murray. At first, the script may sound like a tragedy, but it has some rathememesr funny moments in the script.

Even though Murray is the “Comedy Relief” in the story,Nick has some rather funny moments. When Nick was explaining to Murray that at show and tell he brought photos from a strip club. Another example is when Nick was
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