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Two-Character Play

Paperback • 1980 • English

Two-Character Play

By Tennessee Williams

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About the book

Reality and fantasy are interwoven with terrifying power as two actors on tour brother and sister find themselves deserted by the trope in a decrepit "state theatre in an unknown state." Faced (perhaps) by an audience expecting a performance, they enact "The Two-Character Play" an illusions within an illusion, and "out cry" from isolation, panic and fear. "I think it is my most beautiful play since Streetcar," Tennessee Williams said, "and I've never stopped working on it....It is a cri de coeur...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9780811207294

Publisher

New Directions Publishing Corporation

Published year

1980

Language

English

Original title

Two-Character Play

Format

Paperback

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