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A Cavalier for Milady

Short Play, Drama  /  4w, 1m

A part of the collection The Travelling Companion and Other Plays.

A Cavalier for Milady

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 1m
  • Duration
    Duration
    30 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

Details

Summary

A Cavalier for Milady is a psychological and sexual fantasy in which two late-middle-aged women go off for an evening in New York City with male escorts from agencies such as "Companions for Madam" and "Cavaliers for Milady." The women leave behind an adult daughter, Nance, in the care of a hostile "babysitter." Nance, however, dressed in the clothes of a Victorian child, quickly drives off the unhappy babysitter and spends the evening with a Greek statue "come to life" as an apparition of the great Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky.

A part of the collection The Travelling Companion and Other Plays.

History

A Cavalier for Milady premiered at the Cock Tavern Theatre in London in April 2011 under the direction of Gene David Kirk.

NANCE
THE MOTHER
MRS. AID
MRS. JOSIE FLATTERY
AN APPARITION OF VASLAV NIJINSKY

  • Setting A parlor in an old house in a smart section of Manhattan.
  • Duration 30 minutes

Licensing & Materials

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Authors

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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