Synopsis
The Red Devil Battery Sign
Published by New Directions
At first the grotesque vision is apparently all in the head of the abused woman, but at the end of the play, the stage breaks open in a vision of hell that is terrifying and real
The title refers to a red sign that pulses behind the later scenes and represents the dehumanizing and desensitizing forces at work in our world. The stage language is experimental, but the themes, characters, and music of the language are pure Williams