Three Players of a Summer Game And Other Stories

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First published in the U.S.A. by New Directions 1960 Published in Great Britain by Secker and Warburg 1960 Published in Penguin Books 1965

Copyright © Tennessee Williams, 1960

The following stories included in this collection were previously copyrighted as follows: The Malediction, copyright © 1945, 1948, 1954 by Tennessee Williams The Important Thing, copyright © 1945, 1948, 1954 by Tennessee Williams The Field of Blue Children, copyright © 1939, 1948, 1954 by Tennessee Williams The Yellow Bird, copyright © 1947, I948, 1954 by Tennessee Williams One Arm, copyright © 1948, 1954 by Tennessee Williams Portrait of a Girl in Glass, copyright © 1948, 1954 by Tennessee Williams The Coming of Something to the Widow Holly, copyright © 1953, 1954 by Tennessee Williams Two on a Party, copyright © 1948, 1954 by Tennessee Williams The Angel in the Alcove, copyright © 1948, 1954 by Tennessee Williams The Resemblance between a Violin Case and a Coffin, copyright © 1950, 1954 by Tennessee Williams Three Players of a Summer Game, copyright © 1952, 1954 by Tennessee Williams The Night of the Iguana, copyright © 1948, 1954 by Tennessee Williams

All inquiries regarding rights to the stories in this volume should be addressed to Tennessee Williams’ representative, Miss Audrey Wood, of MCA Artists, Ltd, 598 Madison Avenue, New York 22, New York.

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