Four Plays
Tennessee Williams
- New York : New American Library, 1976.
- 127 p. 18 cm.
- A Signet modern classic .
Summer and Smoke ; Orpheus Descending ; Suddenly Last Summer ; Period of Adjustment
Summer and Smoke: They were two ill-starred lovers: a minister's shy, sensititve daughter, and a wildly passionate, pleasure-seeking young doctor. One hangered for the spirit, the other hungered for the flesh... Orpheus Descending: The searing drama of a wandering guitar player, the storekeeper's wife he loved, and the town that turned suddenly and violently against them... Suddenly Last Summer: He was a pleasure-seeker, corrupt and corrupting. She was the beautiful young cousin he had chosen as a victim... Period of Adjustment: The newlyweds and the "old marrieds"--they were two young couples fighting love out on the battlefield of marriage...