The Night of the Iguana (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Tennessee Williams
- First Published: 1961
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Late summer, 1940
- Setting: Puerto Barrio, a Mexican village
- Principal Characters: Maxine Faulk, T. Lawrence “Larry” Shannon, Hannah Jelkes, Jonathan “Nonno” Coffin, Miss Fellowes, Charlotte, Jake Latta
- Genres: Drama, Psychological drama
- Subjects: Values, Self-discovery, Sex or sexuality, 1940’s, Guilt, Ministry or ministers, Mexico or Mexicans, Tourist trade, Rope
- Locales: Mexico
The Story:
Maxine had been a widow for less than a month. Her husband, Fred, snagged himself with a fishhook and died of blood poisoning. She had no real option but to continue running Costa Verde, a small hotel that they owned and managed, perched high above the Pacific near the remote Mexican village of Puerto Barrio. The play is set in the period shortly before the United States entered World War II. The Costa Verde had Nazi guests who cheered at the bombing of London and other German victories.
On the scene came T. Lawrence Shannon, always called Larry, a defrocked...
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