One Arm
by Moises Kaufman, Tennessee Williams

One Arm Book Cover
One Arm Cover

Highlights

Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible) Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes

Synopsis

based on the short story and screenplay by Tennessee Williams THE STORY: Based on Tennessee Williams' unproduced screenplay of his own classic short story, this new adaptation from pioneering theatrical auteur Moisés Kaufman follows Ollie, a young farm boy who joins the Navy and becomes the lightweight boxing champion of the Pacific Fleet.

Soon after, he loses his arm in a car accident, and he turns to hustling to survive.

One of Williams' most searing character studies, ONE ARM takes us through Ollie's odyssey in a disenfranchised American underworld before the Second World War.

Press Reviews

"Moisés Kaufman's fast, fierce, brutally beautiful stage adaptation of an unproduced screenplay by Tennessee Williams is more than a play: It's a time machine. ONE ARM is nothing less than the late-Williams play that the latter-day Williams himself wasn't capable of writing.“ —New York Magazine. ”…a fascinatingly lurid, provocative and fatalistic piece of theater. Somehow, it captures the complex, oft-destructive energy of its author, while adding just enough metatheatric remove that we get to ponder and critique the strange, complex context of the original while also enjoying much of its sensual heat.“ —Variety. ”A labor of love and deep empathy [from] Moisés Kaufman…should inspire tender feelings among hard-core Williams fans."

— The New York Times

Characters

Character
OLLIE
NARRATOR / SEAN
SAM

a hot tamale vendor

WILLY

another male hustler

A MIDDLE-AGED HOMOSEXUAL MAN SAILORS A STRIPPER THE YOUNG MAN IN THE PARK A BARTENDER THE YACHTSMAN THE GIRL ON THE YACHT  ANOTHER MIDDLE-AGED HOMOSEXUAL MAN LESTER

a middle-aged homosexual man

A GIRL IN THE FRENCH QUARTER  CHERRY

an old queen

THE PRISON GUARD THE PRISON CHAPLAIN  THE DIVINITY STUDENT SEVERAL VOICES MRS. WIRE

a landlady

THE WARDEN

Publication

ISBN-13 9780822225645
ISBN-10 0822225646

One Arm is a play written by Moises Kaufman and published by Dramatists Play Service .

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