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GEORGE SCHWIMMER PH.D.
ASIN: B00DE0LL0Q
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 57

CAMINO REAL is the strangest and most mysterious but most evocative and symbolic play of Tennessee Williams, which some believe is his best play. Kilroy, the lead character, finds himself in an odd town, the Camino Real, after getting off a tramp steamer where he had been working. What is this place? How can characters like Casanova, Camille, Lord Byron, and Esmeralda be here? Who, really, is Don Quixote? What really is taking place? Where will Kilroy wind up? What is the Royal Road vs. the Real Road? What can Williams possibly mean by writing that Esmeralda becomes a virgin again during each full moon?This play has never before been properly explained, because critics have looked at it from either a realistic or strictly symbolic viewpoint. Now, however, this tale is put under a literary microscope using a metaphysical lens, which brilliantly reveals what story Williams is really ...
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4 stars from 1 rating