The Magic Tower and Other One-act Plays
- ISBN-10
- 0811219208
- ISBN-13
- 9780811219204
- Category
- Drama
- Pages
- 310
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing
- Authors
- Tennessee Williams, Terrence McNally
Description
A wonderful collection of never-before-collected one-acts: “The peak of my virtuosity was in the one- act plays. Some of which are like firecrackers in a rope” (Tennessee Williams).
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