Three Players of a Summer Game (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Tennessee Williams
- First Published: 1952
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1940's
- Setting: New Orleans, Louisiana
- Principal Characters: Brick Pollitt, Margaret Pollitt, Isabel Grey, Mary Louise, The unnamed narrator
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, South or Southerners, 1940’s, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Adultery, Widows or widowers, Sports, Games
- Locales: New Orleans, LA
The Story
Brick Pollitt, a former college athlete, has married a New Orleans debutante and settled down to the life of a Delta planter. For some reason of self-disgust, the reason for which is not made explicit, he has become an alcoholic. His own excuse is that his wife, Margaret, a powerful, domineering figure, has psychologically and sexually castrated him and taken away his self-respect.
When a young doctor who has treated Brick's alcoholism dies of brain cancer, Brick befriends the doctor's genteel widow, Isabel, and her plump daughter, Mary Louise, and provides...
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