Saturday, May 5, 2012

THE STRANGEST KIND OF ROMANCE

The Strangest Kind of Romance, by Tennessee Williams
1945

•  A wandering man finds love in a boarding house——with a stray cat.

I was attracted by the title, and this short play lives in the anthology 27 Wagons Full of Cotton. Packed with existential musings of life and love, this one-act breeds four tortured characters, each with an agenda of their own, as they navigate their lonely lives. The good news is that this strangest kind of romance is a mutual one...


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