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 Playwright with a Social Conscious by Michael Paller (from the Tennessee Williams Annual Review)
Michael Paller’s essay reveals how Tennessee Williams wove social and political critique into his plays through poetic imagery and emotionally rich characters. Camino Real shows Williams at his most defiant, challenging repression with a rich artistic imagination.
