Tennessee Williams' controversial Hollywood screenplay "Baby Doll" opens with Archie Lee's teenage bride driving him to distraction, as she has refused to consummate their marriage until the day of her twentieth birthday. Enter wily Sicilian Silva Vaccaro, Archie's rival both in the cotton business and for the affections of the flirtatious Baby Doll, and things reach breaking-point. This volume also contains "Something Unspoken", a brilliantly comic study of a wealthy, manipulative Southern spinster, and "Summer and Smoke", a sexually charged portrayal of Alma, a sensitive, unmarried minister's daughter, and her childhood love, the wild, sensual doctor's son John.
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Tennesse Williams (1911-1983) es uno de los dramaturgos esenciales del siglo XX. En sus obras el foco de la atención se centra en el análisis de los sentimientos, presentados como el enigma principal al que se enfrenta el ser humano. De repente el último verano gira en torno a la muerte súbita e inesperada del joven Sebastian, protagonista ausente, que desencadena una situación dramática que Williams lleva hasta el límite. Completan el volumen siete piezas dramáticas en un acto, todas ellas espléndidas, que ofrecen un repertorio de las mejores virtudes del autor estadounidense.