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Something Unspoken

Short Play, Drama  /  2w

A part of the collection 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Plays.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w
  • Duration
    Duration
    30 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

Details

Summary

Miss Cornelia Scott is a grand, Southern woman whose outer extravagance belies inner insecurities. She has a complex, codependent relationship with her secretary, and during the elections for the local chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, their tensions reach a tipping point.

A part of the collection 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Plays.

History

Something Unspoken premiered at the York Theatre in New York City in January 1958.

Cast Attributes
MISS CORNELIA SCOTT - 60, a wealthy southern spinster
MISS GRACE LANCASTER - 40 or 45, faded but still pretty.
  • Setting A room in the home of Miss Cornelia Scott.
  • Duration 30 minutes

Licensing & Materials

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Authors

Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) explored passion with daring honesty and forged a poetic theatre of raw psychological insight that shattered conventional proprieties and transformed the American stage. The autobiographical The Glass Menagerie brought what Mr. Williams called “ ...
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