Adam and Eve on a Ferry
by Tennessee Williams

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Highlights

One Act 30 mins 1920s All Men Exterior Set Comedy

Synopsis

A comic portrait of D.H.

Lawrence as someone who functions as an analyst for repressed women.

Embroidering on his porch, Lawrence is visited by Miss Peabody.

Adopting a Sherlock-Holmesian intuition, Lawrence divines that spinsterish Miss Peabody was propositioned by a man aboard a ferry, but in her passionate excitement she forgot his name and where they were to meet.

Lawrence helps Miss Peabody recover her memory.

Part of the collection Mister Paradise and Other One Act Plays

Characters

Character
CARL

a cinema usher

BOY

a newly hired usher

GLADYS

a girl

MAN

an older patron

GIRL

a friend of Gladys

MR. KROGER

the cinema manager

CASHIER
A POLICEMAN

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780811216203
ISBN-10 0811216209

Adam and Eve on a Ferry is a comedy play written by Tennessee Williams and published by Samuel French .

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