Something Unspoken

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Something Unspoken is a one-act play by Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) [1].

The original text

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.

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.

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