Joseph's other credits include the fine off-Broadway "Gruesome Playground Injuries, " which tells a love story through lovers' scars, and Broadway's "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, " a Pulitzer Prize finalist in drama about the Iraq war starring Robin Williams.

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Perhaps the playground was where another Celtic legend, Jock Weir, began his love affair with football.

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Flagler, who fell in love with the lush oasis and developed it into a playground for his rich but mannered friends.

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