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Camino Real
Delve into the history of Camino Real with a retrospective of the play’s many lives at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and an analysis of Williams’ social and political critiques embedded in the work. Explore More: Camino Real at Williamstown. Over the Festival’s 71 year history, Tennessee Williams’ Camino Real has taken the stage five times, with widely different artistic approaches. Click through the archive to see images and information from those various productions. Read More: A Play
John Guare wrote in his iconic introduction to the 2008 New Directions publication of Camino Real that the play "has a very small bull's eye. It's difficult to hit, but when you do, when you do—the world's a brand new place." I agree. In Tennessee’s own words: “To me the appeal of this work is its unusual degree of freedom. When it began to get under way I felt a new sensation of release, as if I could "ride out" like a tenor sax taking breaks in a Dixieland combo or a piano in a bop session.
