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The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Any More

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  4f, 5m

A stranger arrives at Mrs Goforth's Italian villa, a young poet known as the Angel of Death because he has been present at the decease of a number of elderly ladies.

The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Any More

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    Cast Size
    4f, 5m

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Summary
A stranger arrives at Mrs Goforth's Italian villa, a young poet known as the Angel of Death because he has been present at the decease of a number of elderly ladies. She thinks that he will afford her a final fling before she dies, but it turns out that he is there as a spiritual rather than fleshly guide and merely wishes to comfort her during her declining years. The author describes his play as "a comedy about death."
History

The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore premiered at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York City in January 1964 under the direction of Tony Richardson.

Performing Groups
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting An Italian yilla.

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Tennessee Williams

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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