Sang Thong

       A DANCE-DRAMA FROM THAILAND

       _{Sang Thong}

      A DANCE-DRAMA

      FROM THAILAND Written by

      King Rama II & the Poets of His Court

      Translation with Introduction & Notes

      by FERN S. INGERSOLL

      Illustrated by Bunson Sukhphun

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      Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 72-88097

       ISBN: 978-1-4629-1232-2 (ebook)

      First printing, 1973

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      For my Mother & Father