Two Slapstick Tragedies: The Gnadiges Fräulein and The Mutilated

New York: Charles Bowden, Circa 1966. Vintage script for the 1966 double-bill production, comprised of two one-act plays written by Tennessee Williams and staged together at the Longacre Theatre in New York in February of 1966. Copy belonging to an unidentified cast or crew member, with annotations noting deletions to two pages.

Two bizarre one-act plays, one about a woman living in a warped Key West bunkhouse who earns her keep by trying to catch fish thrown aground by hurricanes, the other about two whores and a shoplifter at a flophouse in New Orleans on Christmas Eve. Although the production was a critical failure, closing after seven performances, actor Zoe Caldwell received the first of her four Tony Awards for her turn in "Gnadiges Fräulein."

Red titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers, with credit for Williams. Title page present, undated, with credit for Williams. 106 leaves, with last page of text numbered 2-12. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Very Good, bound with two gold screw brads.

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