Sweet bird of youth
By: Tennessee Williams ; with commentary and notes by Katherine Weiss ; advisory editor, Matthew Roudané
Contributors: Weiss, Katherine; Roudané, Matthew Charles, 1953-
Series: Methuen drama student editions
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
ISBN-13: 9781408114384
Description: "Tennessee Williams's atmospheric play of 1959 about Chance Wayne, the one-time heart-throb of his hometown who returns hoping to break into the movies and find the girl of his youth. Accompanied by faded movie star Alexandra Del Lago, grieving in a haze of drugs and alcohol for her lost youth, he discovers that time will shortly catch up with him and wreak a terrible retribution for his past actions. In its exploration of corruption, ageing and the effects of time, the play offers a magnificent study of the dark side of the American Dream."--Page 4 of cover.