[Theatre in] The Netherlands (2024)

Groot Nibbelink, L. (2023). [Theatre in] The Netherlands. In R. Remshardt, & A. Mancewicz (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Contemporary European Theatre and Performance (pp. 177-182). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003082538-29

Groot Nibbelink, Liesbeth. / [Theatre in] The Netherlands. The Routledge Companion to Contemporary European Theatre and Performance. editor / Ralf Remshardt ; Aneta Mancewicz. Routledge, 2023. pp. 177-182

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Groot Nibbelink, L 2023, [Theatre in] The Netherlands. in R Remshardt & A Mancewicz (eds), The Routledge Companion to Contemporary European Theatre and Performance. Routledge, pp. 177-182. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003082538-29

[Theatre in] The Netherlands. / Groot Nibbelink, Liesbeth.
The Routledge Companion to Contemporary European Theatre and Performance. ed. / Ralf Remshardt; Aneta Mancewicz. Routledge, 2023. p. 177-182.

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