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The Magic Tower and Other One-Act Plays

The Magic Tower and Other One-Act Plays

McNally, Terrence
Keith, Thomas
Williams, Tennessee

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Series: New Directions Paperbook

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ISBN10: 0811219208
ISBN13: 9780811219204
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: Apr 25 2011
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.81 Width: 5.31 Depth: 8.02
Language: English
Here are portraits of American life during the Great Depression and after, populated by a hopelessly hopeful chorus girl, a munitions manufacturer ensnared in a love triangle, a rural family that deals justice on its children, an overconfident mob dandy, a poor couple who quarrel to vanquish despair, a young spinster enthralled by the impulse of rebellion, and, in The Magic Tower, a passionate artist and his wife whose youth and optimism are not enough to protect their dream marriage. This new volume gathers some of Williams's most exuberant early work and includes one-acts that he would later expand to powerful full-length dramas: The Pretty Trap, a cheerful take on The Glass Menagerie, and Interior: Panic, a stunning precursor to A Streetcar Named Desire.

The plays include:
- At Liberty
- The Magic Tower
- Me, Vashya
- Curtains for the Gentleman
- In Our Profession
- Every Twenty Minutes
- Honor the Living
- The Case of the Crushed Petunias
- Moony's Kid Don't Cry
- The Dark Room
- The Pretty Trap
- Interior: Panic
- Kingdom of Earth
- I Never Get Dressed Till After Dark on Sundays
- Some Problems for The Moose Lodge

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