-Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams was an American
poet, play wright and short story writer. The one act play Lord Byron's Love
Letter was set in the Northern part of U.S.A. and abroad used to come to new
Orleans during carnivals like Mardigras.
An old woman and a Spinster, aged 40,
lived in the French quarter of new Orleans. They kept a sign board in front of
their house. They had Lord Byron's love letter with them. They earned their
living by exhibiting the letter to the Tourists. They also used to collect
small donation from them.
A Matron and her husband
Mr.Tutwiller (Winston) came from Milwavkee for Mardigras. On seeing the sign in
the door. The Matron was curious to see Lord Byron's love letter. She entered
their house and asked the letter, the spinster explained her that Lord Byron
had written the letter to her grandmother Irenee Marguerite De Poitevent. When
she was sixteen Byron met her on the steps of the Acropolis in Athens.
Byron went into voluntary exile from
England because of the gossip in the Regents' court. In Greece, he served for
the cause of freedom. Irenee met him
there while she had gone to study about the ancient Europe civilization. Byron
met her and conveyed his love. Unfortunately he was killed in a battle. So the
grandmother wanted spend the rest of his life in complete seclusion.
In the meantime Martons husband came
there in a fully drunken state. He disturbed them. In the end the spinster
showed the love letter of Byron from a distance and asked for some money. At
that time the sound of the parade was heard Tutwiler at once ran towards it.
The Marton also followed him without giving any money.
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