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The eccentricities of a nightingale, or, The sun that warms the dark : typescript, [196-] / by Tennessee Williams.

BIB_ID
184390
Accession number
MA 5708
Creator
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983.
Display Date
[196-] /
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description
1 item (58 pages), bound ; 26.6 x 21.5 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscription in ink on front wrapper: "The property of / H.M. Tennent Ltd. / Globe Theatre / London W.1 / England."
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Summary
First draft of "The eccentricities of a nightingale," a revision of "Summer and smoke," which premiered in 1964, and was adapted from Williams' short story "The yellow bird."
Housed in
Green cloth clamshell box (28.5 cm)