SWEET BIRDS OF

YOUTH
by TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
He was born on March 26, 1911, in Columbus,
Mississippi (USA)
He died in February 25, 198
Thomas Lanier Wiiams
!orn "homas #anier $illiams %%%, "ennessee
$illiams a&op'e& his pro(essional name
aroun& 199)
$illiams *as an American play*ri+h' *ho
recei,e& many 'hea'rical a*ar&s (or his *or-,
inclu&in+ a .uli'/er .ri/e an& a "ony)
This was one o! his mos"
im#or"an" wor$s

THE %LASS MENA%ERIE

Fran$ Mero & Tennessee Wiiams

Wiiams's rea"ionshi# wi"h Fran$ Mero as"ed

!rom ()*+ ,n"i Mero died o! -an-er. in ()/01
Sweet Birds of Youth(1962)
CHARACTERS

Chance Wayne

Alexandra del Lago (Princess Kosmonopolis)

Heaenly !inley

"om !inley (#oss !inley)

"om !inley $r%

A&n' (onnie

)iss L&cy

*r% +eorge ,c&dder

"he Hec-ler
SWEET BIRDS OF YOUTH
A play in 'hree ac's, 0S*ee' !ir& o( 1ou'h2 is seen as a por'rai' o( corrup'ion an& moral
&e+enera'ion) Chance $ayne, a (aile& ac'or3'urne&3 +i+olo, re'urns 'o his home'o*n o( S')
Clou& *i'h a &eca&en' 4olly*oo& s'ar (Ale5an&ra &el #a+o) *ho promise& 'o help his ac'in+
career) 4e aims 'o reuni'e *i'h 4ea,enly Finley, *hose (a'her *as responsible (or his lea,in+
S') Clou& in 'he (irs' place) A *eal'hy man, !oss Finley *oul& no' allo* a man o( a lo*er class
'o marry his &au+h'er an& so he slyly sen' his &au+h'er abroa& an& en'ice& Chance *i'h hopes
o( (ame an& (or'une, 'ellin+ him 'o lea,e an& li,e 'he American &ream be(ore comin+ bac- (or
her) As Chance &i&n6' ma-e i', he ha& 'o ma-e en&s mee' by pro,i&in+ se5 'o ol&er, richer
*omen, such as &el #a+o (*ho no* uses 'he alias .rincess 7osmonopolis)) 8espera'e 'o sei/e
his &reams o( happiness, Chance 33 no* an a+in+ man 33 plans on blac-mailin+ .rincess in or&er
'o (inally become rich an& (amous an& earn 'he ri+h' 'o marry 4ea,enly) $ha' he &oesn6'
realise is 'ha' !oss Finley *oul& ne,er allo* 'ha' 'o happen, as Chance ha& pre,iously in(ec'e&
his suppose&ly chas'e &au+h'er *i'h a ,enereal &isease) %n spi'e o( -no*in+ he6s in &an+er, as
Finley6s henchmen are a('er him, Chance s'ays in 'o*n an& +oes 'o a poli'ical rally 33 as he -ne*
4ea,enly *oul& be 'here 33 bu' no'hin+ +oes accor&in+ 'o plan) A' 'he en&, 'he henchmen *ai'
(or Chance an& 'he play (inishes su++es'in+ he *as cas'ra'e&)
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