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| '''''The Traveling Companion and Other Plays''''' is a collection of experimental plays written by American playwright ] and published by ] in New York City in 2008. It is edited by Williams scholar ], who provides the introduction. The plays are from the last decades of Williams's life, and are markedly different from those for which he is most known, departing from Southern locales, melodrama and naturalism, and showing the influence of ] and the ]. The plays have never before been collected and some are previously unpublished. | '''''The Traveling Companion and Other Plays''''' is a collection of experimental plays written by American playwright ] and published by ] in New York City in 2008. It is edited by Williams scholar ], who provides the introduction. The plays are from the last decades of Williams's life, and are markedly different from those for which he is most known, departing from Southern locales, melodrama and naturalism, and showing the influence of ] and the ]. The plays have never before been collected and some are previously unpublished. | ||
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| *''Will Mr. Merriwether Return from Memphis? '' | *''Will Mr. Merriwether Return from Memphis? '' | ||
| *''The Traveling Companion'' | *''The Traveling Companion'' | ||
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The Traveling Companion and Other Plays is a collection of experimental plays written by American playwright Tennessee Williams and published by New Directions in New York City in 2008. It is edited by Williams scholar Annette Saddik, who provides the introduction. The plays are from the last decades of Williams's life, and are markedly different from those for which he is most known, departing from Southern locales, melodrama and naturalism, and showing the influence of Noh theatre and the Theatre of the Absurd. The plays have never before been collected and some are previously unpublished.
Plays
- The Chalky White Substance
- The Day on Which a Man Dies (An Occidental Noh Play)
- A Cavalier for Milady
- The Pronoun "I"
- The Remarkable Rooming House of Mme. LeMonde
- Kirche, Kueche, Kinder (An Outrage for the Stage)
- Green Eyes
- The Parade
- The One Exception
- Sunburst
- Will Mr. Merriwether Return from Memphis?
- The Traveling Companion
References