Vieux Carré

Tennessee Williams (playwright)
Arthur Allan Seidelman (director)
Richard Alfieri, Tom Aldredge, Sylvia Sidney (starring)

New York: Golden Eagle Productions, 1977. Revised script for the 1977 Broadway play, which premiered on May 11, 1977, at the St. James Theater. Inscribed by an unidentified owner on the title page: "To Alex / For the celebration of his rescue and life / Love / Justin / 7/10/81."

A semi-autobiographical play set in the 1930s, in a run-down boarding house in New Orleans' French Quarter, where a troubled gay writer struggles to find fulfillment in his relationships with his eccentric fellow boarders. Although the short-lived play closed after a mere five performances, it has since been restaged numerous times.

Beige titled pictorial wrappers. Title page present, dated 3/18/77, noted as REV., with credit for Tennessee Williams. 127 leaves, with last page of text numbered 109. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with three staples.


[Book #167216]