Williams, T

Fugitive Kind

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ISBN 13:: 9780811214728
author:: Williams, T
format:: Paperback
publisher:: New Directions
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2001
Pages:: 128
Dimensions:: 135mm X 203mm
Genre:: Drama texts, plays
Condition:: New
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Tennessee Williams's Fugitive Kind, written in 1937, is one of his earliest and richest plays. This work introduces the character who would become a staple of his later works: the marginal individual struggling to survive in society. The play takes place in a flophouse on the St. Louis waterfront, where Williams drew inspiration from his own experiences working at a shoe factory and spending time with young writers and artists. Fugitive Kind is a story about star-crossed lovers set against the backdrop of a big city slum, exploring themes of social protest and personal struggle. First published in 2001, this play showcases Williams's early debt to diverse influences, including thirties gangster films and Romeo and Juliet. A contemporary review praised Fugitive Kind as "vital and absorbing", highlighting the playwright's own inner conflict between radical-socialist sympathies and poetic inclinations.

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