Battle of Angels

As in its later, and substantially re-written version (entitled Orpheus Descending) the play deals with the arrival of a virile young drifter, Val Xavier, in a sleepy, small town in rural Mississippi. Taking a job in a store his smouldering animal magnetism draws out the latent sexual passion in the love-starved store keeper, whilst her husband lies dying upstairs. A sense of inevitable tragedy grows and there is a denouement of overwhelming and chilling intensity.

Author: Tennessee Williams
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Concord Theatricals
Published: 03/20/2026
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.23lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.20d
ISBN: 9780822200994