The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe
by Carson Mccullers, Edward Albee

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Unit Set/Multiple Settings Adaptation

Synopsis

THE STORY: Amelia, the proprietor of the Sad Cafe, throws her new husband out of their bedroom on their wedding night.

Torn between anger and desire the husband finally leaves town only to return some years later to find Amelia showering all her af

Press Reviews

"Produced on Broadway. "It is beautiful, absorbing, exciting, touching and absolutely enthralling—a notable addition to the literature of our contemporary stage."

— NY Daily News

"It is an engrossing evening, a salutary success for all concerned."

— NY Journal-American

Publication

Year 1963
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822200925
ISBN-10 0822200929
LCC PS3551.L25 B35 1991

The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe is a adaptation play written by Carson Mccullers and published by Dramatists Play Service (1963).

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