Summer and Smoke

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play theatrical work

Summer and Smoke is a 1948 play by Tennessee Williams that explores the tension between spiritual purity and physical desire in a small Mississippi town.

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Label Occurrences
Summer and Smoke canonical 4
Summer and Smoke (1961 film) 1
Summer and Smoke (film) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
adaptedTo film ⓘ
author Tennessee Williams ⓘ
broadwayRevival 1996 Broadway revival ⓘ
character Mrs. Winemiller ⓘ
Reverend Winemiller ⓘ
Rosa Gonzales ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dramaticForm two-act play ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Peter Glenville ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1961 ⓘ
filmAdaptationStar Geraldine Page ⓘ
Laurence Harvey ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1948 ⓘ
genre Southern Gothic ⓘ
drama ⓘ
hasAdaptation Summer and Smoke self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Summer and Smoke (1961 film)

The Eccentricities of a Nightingale ⓘ
hasMotif angel versus sensualist ⓘ
fire and ice ⓘ
isRevisedAs The Eccentricities of a Nightingale ⓘ
mainCharacter Alma Winemiller ⓘ
John Buchanan Jr. ⓘ
medium stage ⓘ
notableProduction 1952 Broadway production ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Tennessee Williams plays ⓘ
placeOfFirstPerformance United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
publicationYear 1948 ⓘ
publisher New Directions ⓘ
relatedWork The Eccentricities of a Nightingale ⓘ
settingCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
settingLocation Mississippi ⓘ
settingPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
style lyrical realism ⓘ
subject psychological conflict ⓘ
religious morality ⓘ
sexual awakening ⓘ
small-town life in the American South ⓘ
theme conflict between body and soul ⓘ
physical desire ⓘ
repression ⓘ
spiritual purity ⓘ
unrequited love ⓘ
writer Tennessee Williams ⓘ

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Tennessee Williams → notableWork → Summer and Smoke ⓘ
Thomas Lanier Williams III → notableWork → Summer and Smoke ⓘ
Summer and Smoke → hasAdaptation → Summer and Smoke self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Summer and Smoke (1961 film)
Thomas → notableWork → Summer and Smoke ⓘ
subject surface form: Tennessee Williams
Geraldine Page → notableWork → Summer and Smoke ⓘ
Geraldine Page → portrayedIn → Summer and Smoke ⓘ
this entity surface form: Summer and Smoke (film)