Battle of Angels

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Battle of Angels is an early, lesser-known play by Tennessee Williams that he later extensively revised into the more famous drama Orpheus Descending.

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Battle of Angels canonical 1
The Battle of the Angels 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf play
theatrical work
author Tennessee Williams
countryOfOrigin United States
genre Southern Gothic
drama
hasDramatist Tennessee Williams
hasFemaleLeadType frustrated Southern woman
hasForm full-length play
hasLaterVersion Orpheus Descending
hasMedium stage
hasNotability lesser-known play by Tennessee Williams
hasProtagonistType charismatic drifter
hasStructure multiple acts
hasStyle poetic realism
hasSubject conflict between individual and community
hasTheme desire and destruction
outsider figure
sexual repression
social conformity
influencedBy Southern United States culture
isEarlyWorkOf Tennessee Williams
isPartOf Tennessee Williams bibliography
isRelatedWork Orpheus Descending
laterRevisedAs Orpheus Descending
literaryMovement 20th-century American drama
originalLanguage English
settingLocation American South
sharesCharactersWith Orpheus Descending
sharesSettingWith Orpheus Descending

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Orpheus Descending reworkedFrom Battle of Angels
Apocalipsis cum figuris hasPart The Battle of the Angels
linked to: Battle of Angels