About this episode
A radio adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play 'Spring Storm' explores the tumultuous choices of a young woman caught between two suitors.
SPRING STORM by Tennessee Williams. A radio adaptation of the Royal and Derngate, Northampton production, broadcast to mark the centenary of the playwright's birth. Heavenly Critchfield has almost everything a young woman could desire, but when she's forced to decide between respectable suitor Arthur and handsome, wild lover Dick, her actions cause a chain of consequences that tear their lives apart. Tennessee Williams was born on 26th March, 1911. 'Spring Storm', one of his first plays, was written in 1937, when he was twenty-six. It didn't receive its first production until 1995 in Berkeley. The European Premier took place at the Royal & Derngate Northampton on 15 October 2009, running alongside Beyond the Horizon by Eugene O'Neill. Both productions subsequently transferred to the Royal National Theatre in 2010 to the Cottesloe Theatre.
Topics covered
- Tennessee Williams
- radio adaptation
- theatrical production
- love and relationships
- consequences of choices
Keywords
- Tennessee Williams
- Spring Storm
- radio adaptation
- theater
- playwright
- love triangle
- consequences
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Royal and Derngate, Royal National Theatre
Books & works: Spring Storm
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