The Traveling Companion
Tennessee Williams
A Cavalier for Milady
by Tennessee Williams
Synopsis
A Cavalier for Milady is a psychological and sexual fantasy in which two late-middle-aged women go off for an evening in New York City with male escorts from agencies such as "Companions for Madam" and "Cavaliers for Milady."
The women leave behind an adult daughter, Nance, in the care of a hostile "babysitter."
Nance, however, dressed in the clothes of a Victorian child, quickly drives off the unhappy babysitter and spends the evening with a Greek statue "come to life" as an apparition of the great Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky.
A part of the collection The Travelling Companion and Other Plays .
Press Reviews
"Pensive and muted, a violin to Camino Real's trumpet, Mr. Merriwether laces together reality and fantasy, the romantic spirit and the appearance of actual cultural heroes of the past, such as Van Gogh and Rimbaud."
— Time magazine
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| MINT a tenant |
| HALL his visitor |
| MME. LE MONDE the landlady |
| THE BOY her son |
Publication
A Cavalier for Milady is a comedy play written by Tennessee Williams and published by Samuel French .
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