Kingdom of Earth
by Tennessee Williams

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Synopsis

Full Length Comedy~ Drama//Lot is a weak and ailing youth who suffers from an attachment to the memory of his late mother.

He has come to his ancestral home, a derelict house on the edge of a soon to be flooded river, with his new bride, Myrtle, a television actress.

Somewhat reminiscent of Blanche Dubois from Williams's classic play A Streetcar Named Desire, Myrtle is a luckless young woman trapped in a world of romantic illusions, one of which is to nurse Lot back to health so they can consummate their marriage.

Myrtle soon discovers, however, that Lot only wants to use her to steal the deed to the property from his embittered half-brother, Chicken, a Stanley Kowalski type, brimming with masculinity and assertiveness and a few romantic plans of his own.(Cast: 2 men, 1 woman)

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Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 3 total roles, 1 female and 2 male roles.

Publication

Year Published
1998
ISBN 10
0822206153
ISBN 13
9780822206156
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
72 pages
Print
Kingdom of Earth is a American comedy / farce play written by and published by Dramatists Play Service in 1998. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780822206156 and an ISBN-10 of 0822206153.

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