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Thank You, Kind Spirit

10 Minute Play, Drama  /  7w, 4m, 1girl(s)

Tennessee Williams

Part of the collection Mister Paradise and Other One Act Plays

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    7w, 4m, 1girl(s)
  • Duration
    Duration
    10 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary

Mother Duclos is a spiritualist dispensing succour, on payment of a fee, to the troubled people who come to her chapel. But a woman incites everyone to turn against her, and they strip the chapel of its religious artefacts. Desolate, Mother Duclos is comforted finally by the crippled little girl who returns to say that she still believes.

Part of the collection Mister Paradise and Other One Act Plays

History

Thank You, Kind Spirit premiered as a part of the Tennessee Williams New Orleans Literary Festival in March 2005 under the direction of Perry Martin.

Keywords
Performing Groups
MOTHER DUCLOS - a spiritulaist
YOUTH - 17
WOMAN IN REAR
FIRST YOUNG WOMAN
SECOND YOUNG WOMAN
MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN
YOUNG MAN
LITTLE GIRL - 8
FATHER BORDELON - a priest
MR. REGIS VICARRO
MRS. DUVENET
MRS. VENINGA
OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE
  • Additional Features No Intermission
  • Duration 10 minutes

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Authors

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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