The first professional performance of a play I ever saw was A Streetcar Named Desire. The first major part I ever acted in a play was in The Glass Menagerie. The largest city near my hometown when I was growing up was St. Louis. So I have a close connection to Tennessee Williams and I admire him very much as a playwright but I had never read these short plays of his until now. There are some wonderful things here.Nearly...
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This collection contains 13 short works by Williams. This work draws me to it because of the poetic style that Williams uses. Not only the dialogue, but the moods and situations are both poetic--both subtle and dynamic at the same time. These short plays may not be crafted as well as such masterworks as -Streetcar- and -Menagerie-, but Tennessee was definitely on to something when he wrote them. They are strange, but...
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