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A laughing Lear would be monstrous. Not so a laughing Romeo and Juliet.

Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
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Juliet
Monstrous
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Romeo
Lear

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