Sweet Bird of Youth (1959)

Tennessee Williams

Play script

English

'[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.' (Penguin website)

Date of Composition: 1959 - 1959

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Publishers

New Directions Publishing on (1959)

Characters

Chance Wayne (Age: late twenties, Male)

'He's in his late twenties and his face looks slightly older than that' (Sweet Bird of Youth, p. 14).

The Princess Kosmonopolis (Age: Not specified, Female)

Fly (Age: Not specified, Male)

Maid (Sweet Bird of Youth) (Age: Not specified, Female)

George Scudder (Age: thirties, Male)

'about thirty-six or -seven.' (Sweet Bird of Youth, p. 15)

Hatcher (Age: late twenties, Male)

Referred to as Dan Hatcher in play text. '[A]bout CHANCE'S age' (Sweet Bird of Youth, p. 98).

Boss Finley (Age: Not specified, Male)

Tom Junior (Age: Not specified, Male)

Aunt Nonnie (Age: Not specified, Female)

Heavenly Finley (Age: young, Female)

Charles (Sweet Bird of Youth) (Age: old, Male)

'an old colored manservant' (Sweet Bird of Youth, p. 66).

Stuff (Age: Not specified, Male)

Miss Lucy (Age: Not specified, Female)

Heckler, The (Age: Not specified, Male)

Violet (Age: late twenties, Female)

Edna (Sweet Bird of Youth) (Age: late twenties, Female)

Scotty (Age: late twenties, Male)

Bud (Age: late twenties, Male)

Men in Bar (Age: Not specified, Male)

Page (Age: Not specified, Male)

Referred to as 'Pageboy' in play text (Sweet Bird of Youth, p. 95).

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Sources

Penguin Books Website

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/133231/sweet-bird-of-youth-and-other-plays/

URL

Summary of play taken from site's webpage for Sweet Bird of Youth and Other Plays [accessed 20 April 2018].