Camino Real | Camino Real

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Author: Thomas Lanier Williams
First Published: 1953
Type of Plot: Expressionist
Time of Work: The 1950’s
Setting: An unnamed Latin American country
Principal Characters: Gutman, Kilroy, Casanova, Lord Mulligan, Lady Mulligan, First Street Cleaner , Second Street Cleaner, The Gypsy, Esmeralda, Don Quixote, Lord Byron, Jacques, Baron de Charlus
Genres: Drama, Allegory, Expressionist literature
Subjects: Alienation, Existentialism, Life, philosophy of, Life and death, Allusions, Self-revelations
Locales: Latin America

Camino Real is an untraditional play. An innocent stranger, Kilroy, arrives in the town of Camino Real only to be tempted by the lures of its degradations—including prostitutes hanging out of windows—a world where he is promptly robbed, beaten, and left for dead. Yet it is the character of Gutman, the expatriate, bellowing out the window and announcing stage changes like a surreal town crier, who breaks down the play’s imaginary fourth wall and invites the audience to consider the true horror: This is no “play,” no predictable...

Camino Real | Camino Real

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