Something Unspoken
Something Unspoken is a one-act play by Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) [1].
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Written in London in 1951, the play had its debut as part of a double bill of one-act plays by Williams, the production titled Garden District, which premiered Off-Broadway at the York Playhouse on January 7, 1958.(The other one-act was Suddenly Last Summer.)
Published in Five Plays by Tennessee Williams, Secker & Warburg, 1962 .
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1978: Presented by the Rhodes University Drama Department, directed by Noel Roos in a double bill with The Bear.
19??: A production of this play was directed by Brenda Lauth in the Square Space Theatre on the university campus, Durban, year unknown.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_one-act_plays_by_Tennessee_Williams#Something_Unspoken
Various entries in the NELM catalogue.
Typed copy of the play found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department's theatre archives and now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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