Ariadne the spinster & Her old grand mother lived in darkness Didn’t allow the light to come inside

1. Tennessee Williams : “Lord
Byron’s Love Letter”
By
Ms. R. Vedha, Assistant Professor Of
English, Bon Secours College for
Women, Thanjavur.

2. Tennessee Williams : “Lord Byron’s
Love Letter” – One-Act Play
• Theme: Illusion & Reality

3. Life in Darkness
• Ariadne the spinster &
• Her old grand mother lived in darkness
• Didn’t allow the light to come inside

4. Wish Of The Matron
• Matron wished to look at the love letter of
“Lord Byron”
• She reached the old lady’s dark house with
her husband

5. Acropolis In Athens
• The old woman met Lord Byron in the steps of
the Acropolis in Athens
• Lord Byron spent his last days in Greese

6. interpretation Of The Diary
• The Spinster reads the diary
• Showed the Photo of her Grand Mother

7. Young and Beautiful American Women
of 16
• The old woman undertook a journey to
Europe
• Her image showed her remarkable beauty

8. Budding Love
• The old women admired the manliness of Lord
Byron
• She thought him to be the “God Of Love”

9. Unspeakable moments
• Lord Byron also admired the Beauty of the
lady
• As he pretended that he had been admiring
the nature

10. Breathtaking incident
• Lord Byron handed over the lady’s gloves
which she missed
• The small touch of Byron made the lady to
stop her breath for some moments

11. Showing The Love Letter
• The spinster showed the Love Letter &
• The old woman instructed the spinster to stop
reading the diary

12. DoubleCheatedness
• The Spinster asked for some money
• As she showed the love letter of Lord Byron
• But the Matron followed her husband
• Who went outside
• The cheating aspect of the ladies had been
back to them

13. Thankyou
• “Those who cheat others will be cheated by
others”