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The plot was called "familiar" in one review, and was described as "a
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consisted of a floor covered in peanut butter), conceived of the idea for the play in the early 1970s, and explained that the six dogs had been acquired as puppies and had received acting lessons from the
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received government subsidies. Not all were positive: reportedly some people (including the theater manager) left the performance early in dismay, and an action group, "The
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