The Play of the Week
Four by Tennessee
S2 • E19 Feb 6, 1961 60m
The Four Tennessee Williams plays are:
""I Rise in Flame, Cried the Phoenix"" (1959) based on the last few days and death of DH Lawrence.
""Hello from Bertha."" (1954) A disturbed drunk prostitute named Bertha wallows around while her two housemates try in vain to help her.
""The Lady of Larkspur Lotion."" (1949) Sedlachek, the owner of a fleabag hotel, who wants to evict her deadbeat tenant. She is a faded Southern belle who, despite being reduced to prostitution, tries gamely to maintain a facade of gentility. What she refers to as lotion is actually hooch. Her castle in the air is a plantation in Brazil, and the man of her dreams a ""rubber king""; but the knight who rides to her rescue turns out to be the alcoholic blocked writer who lives down the hall.
""The Purification"" (1959)
""I Rise in Flame, Cried the Phoenix"" (1959) based on the last few days and death of DH Lawrence.
""Hello from Bertha."" (1954) A disturbed drunk prostitute named Bertha wallows around while her two housemates try in vain to help her.
""The Lady of Larkspur Lotion."" (1949) Sedlachek, the owner of a fleabag hotel, who wants to evict her deadbeat tenant. She is a faded Southern belle who, despite being reduced to prostitution, tries gamely to maintain a facade of gentility. What she refers to as lotion is actually hooch. Her castle in the air is a plantation in Brazil, and the man of her dreams a ""rubber king""; but the knight who rides to her rescue turns out to be the alcoholic blocked writer who lives down the hall.
""The Purification"" (1959)