Camino Real (pronounced: Kam-uh-no Reel) is a play by Tennessee Williams. It is a large cast (40) made up of famous literary characters borrowed by Williams that appear in dream sequences. The cast of characters includes Esmeralda (see The Hunchback of Notre Dame), Don Quixote and his partner Sancho, Marguerite Gautier (see The Lady of the Camellias), Camille, Casonova, among many others. The play goes through a series of confusing and almost logic-defying events, including the revival of the gypsey's daughter's virginity and then the loss of it again. It is thought by many to be Williams' best work and is undeniably his most artistically unusual. A main theme that it deals with is coming to terms with the thought of growing older and possibly becoming irrelevant. It was first produced on Broadway in 1953.

1953 plays | Tennessee Williams plays