Орфей спускается в ад

Doroga zanosit molodogo brodi͡agu-muzykanta v malenʹkiĭ gorodok, gde skelety v shkafakh prilichnykh semeĭstv ischisli͡ai͡utsi͡a desi͡atkami, kipi͡at isstuplennye strasti i zrei͡ut semena prestupleniĭ...Starei͡ushchai͡a, spivai͡ushchai͡asi͡a aktrisa i ee vremennyĭ druzhok-zhigolo absoli͡utno neschastny i izoshchrenno otravli͡ai͡ut zhiznʹ drug drugu. No esli byvshai͡a zvezda sposobna zhitʹ lishʹ proshlym, to alʹfons leleet plany na luchshee budushchee...V meksikanskoĭ gostinit͡se krasavit͡sy-vdovushki sobralasʹ svoeobraznai͡a kompanii͡a turistov. Ikh gid - byvshiĭ protestantskiĭ svi͡ashchennik, perezhivshiĭ nervnyĭ sryv, - okazalsi͡a v t͡sentre vnimanii͡a srazu neskolʹkikh dam...Dochʹ svi͡ashchennika s detstva vli͡ublena v molodogo cheloveka, bukvalʹno oderzhimogo vnutrennimi demonami. On otvechaet eĭ vzaimnostʹi͡u, no oba oni ne zamechai͡ut, kak postepenno rvushchai͡asi͡a iz nego zhestokai͡a tʹma ostavli͡aet otpechatok na ee zhizni...V ėtot sbornik voshli chetyre legendarnye pʹesy Tennessi Uilʹi͡amsa: 'Orfeĭ spuskaetsi͡a v ad', 'Sladkogolosai͡a ptit͡sa i͡unosti', 'Nochʹ iguany' i 'Leto i dykhanie zimy', obʺedinennye temami razrushitelʹnoĭ li͡ubvi i pugai͡ushchego odinochestva v tolpe.

The road brings a young vagabond musician to a small town where skeletons in the closets of decent families number in the dozens, frenzied passions are boiling and the seeds of crimes are ripening...An aging, drunken actress and her temporary gigolo boyfriend are absolutely unhappy and are sophisticatedly poisoning each other's lives. But if the former star is able to live only in the past, then Alphonse cherishes plans for a better future...A peculiar company of tourists gathered in the Mexican hotel of the beautiful widow. Their guide, a former Protestant priest who had a nervous breakdown, found himself in the center of attention of several ladies at once...The daughter of a priest has been in love with a young man since childhood, literally possessed by inner demons. He reciprocates her, but both of them do not notice how the cruel darkness gradually bursting out of him leaves an imprint on her life...This collection includes four legendary plays by Tennessee Williams: 'Orpheus Descends into Hell', 'The Sweet-voiced Bird of Youth', 'Night of the Iguana' and 'Summer and the Breath of Winter', united by themes of destructive love and frightening loneliness in a crowd.