Fiction play by Tennessee Williams. It takes place in the mid 1930"s, at a picnic located at Creve Coeur Lake. It has 4 main characters, all women and all "Southern Belles". These Southern Belles all have different agendas. It takes place in the course of 1 morning and with 1 encounter involving all 4 main characters. Filled with comic irony, tenderness, loneliness and the need for the human touch. It addresses the trade-offs one must make to get through "the long run of life."