Tennessee Williams "Kingdom of Earth" Script with 2 Tickets & Invite for "Slapstick Tragedy"

A mimeograph script of Tennessee Williams' "Kingdom of Earth" together with an invitation and two ticket stubs to Williams' play "Slapstick Tragedy." The script is 113pp, measuring 9" x 11.5", New York, marked "Revised June 1967." The script appears to have been duplicated by The Studio Duplicating Service, Inc. in New York for producer David Merrick, as his name and address appear on the title page. Bound in blue leather with gilt titling on the front. Also included are two pink ticket stubs for the opening night performance of "Slapstick Tragedy" at the Longacre Theatre, as well as an invitation for a dinner party following the premiere, dated February 22, 1966. The script has some chipping, cracking, and wear to the edges of the leather covers. Light edge toning to the internal pages. Sound binding, overall very good. The tickets and invitation have light uneven toning. Expected tears to the tickets.

Thomas Lanier Williams III (1911-1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. He achieved literary success seemingly overnight with "The Glass Menagerie" (1944) and went on to produce such iconic works as "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1947) and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1955). Williams' intensely emotional work was mostly autobiographical and typically wrestled with themes like truth versus illusion, sexuality, social class, violence, and Southern identity.

Later in life, he struggled with drug dependency and depression. Devastated by the death of his partner, Frank Merlo, Williams descended into a downward spiral. In the years following the loss, he was in and out of treatment facilities while under the control of his mother and brother Dakin. His one-act play "Slapstick Tragedy" (1966) won two Tony nominations, but "Kingdom of Earth" (1967) and many other following plays were met with neutral or negative press and poor box office numbers. Sadly, he was never able to truly regain the success of his early years.

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