A Tennessee Williams Double Bill: 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Something Unspoken
STAG presents our next production for 2018 two one act plays by Tennessee Williams, 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Something Unspoken, directed by Marti Ibrahim at the Strathmore Community Hall from 16-26 August.
27 Wagons Full of Cotton
Set during the Great Depression, and in the midst of the oppressive heat of summer in Mississippi, this is a play about desperation and revenge. Business has not been going well for Jake and Flora Meighan, the owners of a cotton gin near Blue Mountain. In a desperate attempt to rescue himself from his financial woes, Jake sets fire to the neighbouring Syndicate Plantation,, owned by the young but pragmatic Silva Vicarro. Over a 24-hour period, Silva finds out about Jake’s crime. How will Silva take the ultimate revenge against Jake? And who is the real victim in this story?
Something Unspoken
Miss Cornelia Scott is a wealthy Southern spinster in her sixties, who is consumed by her desire to be named president of a society club called The Daughters of the Confederacy. On the morning of the election, Cornelia sits at her table eating breakfast. Grace Lancaster, her secretary of 15 years, accompanies her. There is a strange tension between the two women; ”something unspoken” simmering beneath the surface of their conversation. When Cornelia learns the outcome of the election, the situation between she and Grace comes to a head in a confrontation between them. Will the unspoken finally be uttered?
STAG is offering a double pass for the price of a single ticket. Normally $40 for two, this deal is only $20 for two tickets!
