Summer and Smoke (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Tennessee Williams
- First Published: 1948
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The early twentieth century
- Setting: Glorious Hill, Mississippi
- Principal Characters: The Reverend Winemiller, Mrs. Winemiller, Alma, John Buchanan, Jr., John Buchanan, Sr., Rosa Gonzales, Nellie Ewell, Roger Doremus, Archie Kramer
- Genres: Drama
- Subjects: Values
- Locales: Glorious Hill, MS
The Play
Summer and Smoke calls for a fixed set. On the viewer’s left is the interior of a rectory, in the center a fountain with a kneeling stone angel, and on the right the interior of a doctor’s office. A sky cyclorama, always visible, records afternoon, evening, and night, and together with music and lighting indicates changes of scene and time of day.
In the prologue, John Buchanan, the doctor’s son, startles ten-year-old Alma, daughter of the Episcopal minister, with a peashooter. He wants to return her gift of handkerchiefs, which evidently...
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