Summer and Smoke

Book • 1948
Summer and Smoke is a two-part play that delves into the complex relationship between Alma Winemiller, a minister's daughter, and John Buchanan, a young doctor.

The play explores the dualism between the spiritual and the sensual, as these characters navigate their desires and societal expectations in Glorious Hill, Mississippi.

Originally titled 'Chart of Anatomy', the play was later revised and influenced Williams' subsequent work, 'The Eccentricities of a Nightingale'.

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