Not About Nightingales
by Tennessee Williams
Highlights
Awards & Recognition
NOMINEE! 1999 Tony Award for Best Play
What readers are saying
Readers appreciate the powerful storytelling and intense themes in this early Tennessee Williams play. Many find its critique of prison brutality particularly relevant, despite occasional criticisms about character development. Overall, it evokes strong emotional responses and resonates deeply with audiences.
Synopsis
Paperback.
Press Reviews
"Enthralling...A feverish, full strength compassion for people in cages makes Nightingales fly toward a realm of pain and beauty that is the province of greatness...The emotions, both savage and painfully delicate, that saturate this work are arguably more rich and varied in tone than those of any American dramatist...The voices of Williams's entrapped nightingales...refuse to fade when the play is plunged into its concluding darkness."
— The New York Times
"The best American play so far this season...It adds to the reputation of one of America's greatest playwrights."
— The New York Daily News
"Fascinating."
— The New York Post
"Changes our perception of a major writer and still packs a hefty political punch."
— London Independent
Characters
| Character |
|---|
THE VOICE OF THE LORELEI |
MRS. BRISTOL |
EVA CRANE |
JIM ALLISON (Canary Jim) |
BOSS WHALEN the warden |
JACK BRISTOL (Sailor Jack) |
SCHULTZ a guard |
BUTCH O'FALLON |
THE QUEEN |
JOE |
MCBURNEY a guard |
OLIVER ARMSTEAD (Ollie) |
SHAPIRO |
JEREMY TROUT (Swifty) |
MEX |
KRAUSE |
ALBERTS |
TOM |
CHAPLAIN |
REVEREND HOOKER |
GOLDIE |
CHICK |
GUARDS, CONVICTS, TROOPERS |
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Publication
Not About Nightingales is a American play written by Tennessee Williams and published by Samuel French in New York (1999).
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Samuel French · 1999 · 93 pp
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