In this essay, I will discuss one of Tennessee Williams' plays, The Night of the Iguana. Among the summary of the show and the journey of the playwright, I will talk about the time when this work was on stage, the awards and the historical significance. In Night of the Iguana, protagonist T. Lawrence Shannon, a defrocked minister and tour guide, leads a group of women on a visit to a small hotel outside Mexico City during World War II, the history of which he knows owner, Maxine Faulk. Maxine and Shannon greet each other like old friends while the women on the tour refuse to get off the bus because it wasn't part of the tour. Maxine orders her servants to remove their luggage from the bus at Shannon's request. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on “Why Violent Video Games Should Not Be Banned”? Get an original essay As this sets in, Hannah Jeckles heads to the hotel while pushing her grandfather in a wheelchair. She approaches Shannon assuming he is the hotel manager and asks if there is a vacancy. But she is an artist and her grandfather is a poet, so they trade their art for goods and services. Maxine overhears this and immediately sends Hannah and her grandfather away. Shannon convinces Maxine to let the two stay one night. Hannah thanks Shannon and befriends him, Maxine sees this and is jealous. Later that night, Maxine approaches Hannah and tells her that she has made arrangements for them at a boarding house. She tries to plead with Maxine, but she is stubborn. Hannah asks Shannon about this boarding house only to find out it's a horrible place. While they are talking, a 16-year-old girl from his tour approaches Shannon and tells her that they should get married. Turns out Shannon and the girl slept together earlier in the tour and the elders aren't too happy about it. When approached, they hide while Hannah covers them, but nevertheless they are found and the girl is taken away and told never to go near Shannon again. Shannon then explains to him that he slept with the girl, and that it was rumored that he did the same thing at home while he was a minister. That and a combination of a sermon considered contradictory to traditional teaching are the reason he is on sabbatical from his church for a year. Hannah tries to sell her paintings to people on Shannon's tour in hopes of earning money for her and her grandfather to stay at the hotel. While she does this, Shannon stands back and watches her grandfather as he attempts to write another poem. The hotel employees, also inhabitants of the rainforest, capture an iguana and begin to fatten it up to eat it. Maxine tries to bond more with Shannon by offering him drinks, he refuses. Maxine gets into a fight with Hannah and accuses her of being a freeloader, she then orders her to stay away from Shannon. Hearing Shannon approaching, Maxine quickly walks away as if nothing had happened. Shannon and Hannah bond over a cigarette. Later that day, Maxine approaches Shannon and tells her that she wants to return to the United States and open a hotel or stay in Mexico with his help. They are interrupted when a man approaches Shannon. The man tells him that Shannon's touring group will now join his as he has been deemed unfit to complete the tour. After a physical confrontation, the man leaves with Shannon's tour group. Shannon throws a tantrum and is tied up by hotel employees on Maxine's orders. Hannah tries to comfort Shannon by talking to him and making him tea so he can calm down,..