Synopsis: |
Sweet Bird of Youth is Tennessee Williams's atmospheric play of 1959 about Chance Wayne, the one-time heart throb of his hometown who returns hoping to break into the movies and find the girl of his youth. Accompanied by faded movie star Alexandra Del Lago, grieving in a haze of drugs and alcohol for her lost youth, he discovers that time will shortly catch up with him and wreak a terrible retribution for his past actions.In its exploration of corruption, ageing and the effects of time, the play offers a magnificent study of the dark side of the American Dream. |