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Battle of Angels
Full-Length Play, Drama / 11w, 11m
As in its later, and substantially re-written version (entitled Orpheus Descending) the play deals with the arrival of a virile young drifter, Val Xavier, in a sleepy, small town in rural Mississippi.
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Cast Size
11w, 11m
Details
Summary
As in its later, and substantially re-written version (entitled Orpheus Descending) the play deals with the arrival of a virile young drifter, Val Xavier, in a sleepy, small town in rural Mississippi. Taking a job in a store his smouldering animal magnetism draws out the latent sexual passion in the love-starved store keeper, whilst her husband lies dying upstairs. A sense of inevitable tragedy grows and there is a denouement of overwhelming and chilling intensity.
History
Battle of Angels premiered in its three act version at the Circle Theatre in New York City in November 1974 under the direction of Marshall W. Mason. The original version premiered at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, MA in December 1940 under the direction of Margaret Webster.
Cast Attributes
Performing Groups
- Time Period Contemporary
- Setting Torrance Mercantile Store, Two River County, Mississippi
Licensing & Materials
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Authors
Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) explored passion with daring honesty and forged a poetic theatre of raw psychological insight that shattered conventional proprieties and transformed the American stage. The autobiographical The Glass Menagerie brought what Mr. Williams called “ ...
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