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27 Wagons Full of Cotton

Short Play, Drama  /  1w, 2m

Tennessee Williams

A part of the collection 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Plays.

27 Wagons Full of Cotton

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    30 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary

After Jake, a shady, middle-aged cotton gin owner, burns down rival Silva Vicarro's mill, Vicarro attempts to enact vengeance by seducing Flora, Jakes delicate young wife. A "Mississippi Delta comedy."

A part of the collection 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Plays.

History

27 Wagons Full of Cotton premiered on Broadway at the Playhouse Theater in April 1955 under the direction of David Brooke.

Keywords
Performing Groups
JAKE MEIGHAN - a cotton gin owner
FLORA MEIGHAN - his wife
SILVA VICARRO - superintendent of the Syndicate Plantation
  • Time Period 1940s/WWII
  • Setting The front porch of the Meighan's cottage near Blue Montain, MS.
  • Duration 30 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

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Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) explored passion with daring honesty and forged a poetic theatre of raw psychological insight that shattered conventional proprieties and transformed the American stage. The autobiographical The Glass Menagerie brought what Mr. Williams called “ ...
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