San Antonio College Library

The theatre of Tennessee Williams presents, in matching format, the plays of one of America's most consistently influential and innovative dramatists. The first five volumes of this ongoing series contain Williams' full-length plays through 1975 and, in addition to the texts themselves, include original cast listings and production notes. Volumes VI and VII contain Williams' collected shorter plays. Now available as a paperbook, Volume VIII adds...

"In a fishing lodge in rural Tilghman County, Georgia, two English men, Froggy and Charlie, arrive as guests. After pleadings from his sick wife, the shy Charlie agreed to accompany Froggy on the trip. When people at the lodge try to talk to Charlie, he cannot find the words due to his terrible shyness. Froggy then claims that Charlie cannot talk because he is from an exotic country and does not understand English. Due to his supposed lack of ability...

"The journey of the fifth horse ... based, in part, on the story, Diary of a superfluous man, by Ivan Turgenev."

In this volume, Mac Wellman presents the 11 plays that he considers his most important, including Albanian Softshoe, Mister Original Bugg, Cleveland and Bad Penny.

"Powerful, probing, vivid and arresting, these eight plays -- the personal choices of Edward Albee -- are together for the first time in this exclusive members' edition."--The dust-jacket front flap