Sweet Bird of Youth and Other Plays By Tennessee Williams and of friends and family

and of friends and family

dreams and fleeting images describe the borders of our lives

he comes face to face with an opponent more terrifying than any disease—a force that attacks not just our minds

Rabindranath Tagore

From one of America’s most brilliant writers

Sweet Bird of Youth and Other Plays By Tennessee Williams and of friends and familyLoneliness, sexual tension and the need for human kindness pervade these three plays by Tennessee Williams, as their characters rage against personal demons and the modern world. In 'Sweet Bird of Youth', a drifter, Chance Wayne, returns to his home town with an ageing movie actress in search of the girl he loved in his youth, but with terrible, violent results. 'Period of Adjustment' tells the story of two young newlyweds who visit the husband's old