{"product_id":"the-two-character-play-9780811207294","title":"The Two-Character Play","description":"Reality and fantasy are interwoven with terrifying power as two actors on tour--brother and sister--find themselves deserted by the trope in a decrepit \"state theatre in an unknown state.\" Faced (perhaps) by an audience expecting a performance, they enact \"The Two-Character Play\"--an illusions within an illusion, and \"out cry\" from isolation, panic and fear. \"I think it is my most beautiful play since \u003cem\u003eStreetcar\u003c\/em\u003e,\" Tennessee Williams said, \"and I've never stopped working on it....It is a \u003cem\u003ecri de coeur\u003c\/em\u003e, but then all creative work, all life, in a sense is a \u003cem\u003ecri de coeur\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the course of its evolution, several earlier versions of \u003cem\u003eThe Two-Character Play\u003c\/em\u003e have been produced. The first of them was presented in 1967 in London and Chicago and brought out in 1969 by New Directions in a signed limited edition. The next, staged in 1973 in New York under the title \u003cem\u003eOut Cry\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by New Directions in 1973 The third version (New York, 1975), again titled \u003cem\u003eThe Two-Character Play\u003c\/em\u003e, is the one Tennessee Williams wished to include in New Directions' \u003cem\u003eThe Theatre of Tennessee Williams\u003c\/em\u003e series. It is this version which is presented in this ND paperback.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/1979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811207294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.93h x 5.19w x 0.33d","brand":"Tennessee Williams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51911665844405,"sku":"9780811207294","price":11.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d9eedab5-a4ce-46b1-8d2f-0a2db1d12b0d.jpg?v=1761057159","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-two-character-play-9780811207294","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}