Summer and Smoke - Southwark Playhouse (incl Vaults)
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2013-05-25
In
Glorious Hill, Mississippi, Alma Winemiller has found herself trapped in the
role of repressed and ‘affected’ daughter of the town minister. Hemmed in by
her malicious mother, neighbourhood gossips and her own moral standings, Alma
longs...
In
Glorious Hill, Mississippi, Alma Winemiller has found herself trapped in the
role of repressed and ‘affected’ daughter of the town minister. Hemmed in by
her malicious mother, neighbourhood gossips and her own moral standings, Alma
longs to escape her life of duty. But on the 4th July 1916 her world is to be
turned upside down by the return of her childhood obsession, the young doctor
Buchanan, who represents everything Alma is against – and everything she desires.
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Overview, Cast and Creatives
| Genre |
Drama |
| Synopsis |
In
Glorious Hill, Mississippi, Alma Winemiller has found herself trapped in the
role of repressed and ‘affected’ daughter of the town minister. Hemmed in by
her malicious mother, neighbourhood gossips and her own moral standings, Alma
longs to escape her life of duty. But on the 4th July 1916 her world is to be
turned upside down by the return of her childhood obsession, the young doctor
Buchanan, who represents everything Alma is against – and everything she desires. |
| Author |
Tennessee Williams |
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| Director |
Rebecca Frecknall |
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