Sweet Bird of Youth

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Sweet Bird of Youth is a 1959 play by Tennessee Williams that explores themes of lost youth, ambition, and moral decay in the American South.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf play
theatrical work
actStructure three acts
adaptedAs Sweet Bird of Youth (1962 film)
Sweet Bird of Youth self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sweet Bird of Youth (1989 television film)
antagonist Boss Finley
author Tennessee Williams
broadwayDirector Elia Kazan
broadwayProducer Cheryl Crawford
characterRole Boss Finley is a corrupt Southern politician
Chance Wayne is a gigolo and drifter
Heavenly Finley is Chance Wayne's former lover
Princess Kosmonopolis is an aging movie star
containsElement political campaign
romantic tragedy
social criticism
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dramaticForm realist drama
filmAdaptationDirector Richard Brooks
filmAdaptationYear 1962
genre Southern Gothic
drama
mainCharacter Boss Finley
Chance Wayne
Heavenly Finley
Princess Kosmonopolis
notableAward Tony Award nominations
originalBroadwayLeadActor Paul Newman
originalBroadwayLeadActress Geraldine Page
originalLanguage English
partOf Tennessee Williams
surface form: Tennessee Williams plays
premiereCity New York City
premiereLocation Broadway
premiereYear 1959
protagonist Chance Wayne
Princess Kosmonopolis
publicationYear 1959
publisher New Directions
settingLocation Southern United States
surface form: American South

St. Cloud, Florida
theme ambition
corruption
failure of the American Dream
lost youth
moral decay
political power
sexual exploitation
timePeriodDepicted mid-20th century
writer Tennessee Williams

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Tennessee Williams notableWork Sweet Bird of Youth
Thomas Lanier Williams III notableWork Sweet Bird of Youth
Sweet Bird of Youth adaptedAs Sweet Bird of Youth self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sweet Bird of Youth (1989 television film)
Thomas notableWork Sweet Bird of Youth
subject surface form: Tennessee Williams
Geraldine Page notableWork Sweet Bird of Youth
Mildred Dunnock notableWork Sweet Bird of Youth
Rip actedIn Sweet Bird of Youth
subject surface form: Rip Torn