Not about Nightingales

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Not About NightingalesISBN13:9780811213806ISBN10:0811213803Author:Williams, Tennessee (Author)Description:Not About Nightingales Is Remarkable Both As The Work Of An Unknown Twenty-Seven-Year-Old And As A First Play To Carry The Signature Tennessee Williams The Subject Matter Is A Prison Scandal Which Shocked The Nation In The Mid-Thirties When Convicts Leading A Hunger Strike In Prison Were Locked In A Steam-Heated Cell And Roasted To Death I Have Never Written Anything Since That Could Compete With It In Violence And Horror,Williams Said Later About The Full-Length Play He Developed In 1938 It Shows Us The Young Williams As A Political Writer In Depression America; Its Flashes Of Lyricism And Compelling Dialogue Presage The Great Plays Williams Was Later To Write Never Produced Until This Year (1998), Not About Nightingales (1938), Portrays A Shocking Prison Scandal In Which Convicts Leading A Hunger Strike In Prison Were Locked In A Steam-Heated Cell And Roasted To Death Williams Himself Later Said That He Had Never Written Anything To Compare With It In Violence And Horror The Play Indelibly Presages The Great Plays He Was Later To Write Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:NEW DIRECTIONSPublication Date:1998-06-17Weight:0.45 lbsDimensions:0.52'' H x 7.92'' L x 5.3'' WNumber of Pages:163Language:English

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Location: USA

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