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Desire – Six One-act Plays
Elizabeth Egloff
Kingdom of Earth
by Tennessee Williams
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)
Themes Drama
Press Reviews
"One of his best, which is high praise for any play."
— NY Daily News
"Contains some of the distinguished dramatist's most probing and compassionate reflections on lost souls of this sad world."
— NY Post
"The characters are clear, lifelike and interesting… a sensitive and moving drama"
— Variety
Publication
Publisher Dramatists Play Service
Year 1998
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
ISBN-13 9780822206156
ISBN-10 0822206153
Kingdom of Earth is a American comedy play written by Tennessee Williams and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).
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