![]() ![]() History Something Unspoken premiered at the York Theatre in New York City in January 1958. Williams’s views on the role of the little theater in American culture are contained in a stimulating essay, “Something wild…,” which serves as an introduction to this collection. A part of the collection 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Plays. He can compress the basic meaning of life - its pathos or its tragedy, its bravery or the quality of its love––into one small scene or a few moments of dialogue. Whether Williams is writing of derelict roomers in a New Orleans boarding house ( The Lady of Larkspur Lotion) or the memories of a venerable traveling salesman ( The Last of My Solid Gold Watches) or of delinquent children ( This Property is Condemned) his insight into human nature is that of the poet. ![]() Only one of these plays ( The Purification) is written in verse, but in all of them the approach to character is by way of poetic revelation. ![]() They are full of the perception of life as it is, and the passion for life as it ought to be, which have made The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire classics of the American theater. The thirteen one-act plays collected in this volume include some of Tennessee Williams’s finest and most powerful work. 6: 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Short Plays ISBN 9780811212151 0811212157 by Williams, Tennessee - buy, sell or rent this book for the best price. ![]()
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