The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (1963) is a play written by Tennessee Williams.
It debuted at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy, in July 1962. Its first American production was in January 1963, but it only ran for 69 performances at the Morosco Theatre in New York. Reviews of the play were generally poor. The play was revised and re-mounted in January 1964 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre under the direction of Tony Richardson and starring Tallulah Bankhead and Tab Hunter, with Marian Seldes. It ran only 5 performances after again receiving very poor notices. The 2011 revival starring Olympia Dukakis was directed by Michael Wilson.[1]
In 1968, the play was adapted by Williams into the film Boom!, co-starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, and directed by Joseph Losey.
Synopsis
The play is set in Italy and centres on a dying, wealthy woman, Mrs Flora Goforth, who catches a young man, Christopher Flanders, allegedly trespassing on her estate. Dialogue between the two makes up much of the play. At the end Mrs Goforth dies after her long struggle with terminal illness.[2]
References
- ↑ Isherwood, Charles. "Reaper Arrives? Grab a Kimono," The New York Times. January 30, 2011.
- ↑ Taubman, Howard. "Tennessee Williams's 'Milk Train'," The New York Times. January 15, 1963.
External links
- ^ About Tennessee Williams and The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
- ^ The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
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