The eccentricities of a nightingale /

The eccentricities of a nightingale /

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"Tony Award-winning actress Blythe Danner portrays the sensitive spinster Alma Winemiller in this 1948 drama by Tennessee Williams, a radically revised version of his earlier play Summer and smoke, set in Mississippi at the turn of the century. Frustrated with longing for the socially prominent...

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Corporate Authors: WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), Old Globe Theatre (San Diego, Calif.), Kultur International Films, Broadway Theatre Archive
Other Authors: Law, Lindsay, Jordan, Glenn, 1936-, Holbrook, Hal, Danner, Blythe, Langella, Frank, O'Connor, Tim, Latham, Louise, Patterson, Neva, 1922-2010, Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: West Long Branch, N.J. : [New York] : Kultur ; Broadway Theatre Archive, [2002?]
Subjects:
Mississippi > Drama.
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Summary:"Tony Award-winning actress Blythe Danner portrays the sensitive spinster Alma Winemiller in this 1948 drama by Tennessee Williams, a radically revised version of his earlier play Summer and smoke, set in Mississippi at the turn of the century. Frustrated with longing for the socially prominent young doctor next door, the eccentric, highly emotional minister's daughter decides to settle for one night with him in a rented hotel room"--Container.
Item Description:Originally produced in 1976 as a segment of the television series Theater in America.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; Dolby digital.
Production Credits:Writer, Tennessee Williams ; music, Bill Brohn.
ISBN:0769796052