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Escape (Williams)

10 Minute Play, Drama  /  3m

Tennessee Williams

Part of the collection Mister Paradise and Other One Act Plays

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    10 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

Details

Summary

Three prisoners in a bunk-house play cards and listen while their cellmate makes a run to the railtracks with guards and dogs in hot pursuit. Finally, they hear gunshots but when they see the guards return with a body they believe Billy's free at last.

Part of the collection Mister Paradise and Other One Act Plays

History

Escape was first performed as a part of the Tennessee Williams New Orleans Literary Festival in March 2005 under the direction of Perry Martin.

Cast Attributes
Keywords
Performing Groups
BIG
STEVE
TEXAS
  • Setting

    The bunk-house of a southern chain-gang.

  • 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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