On the second Williams play, Chesley broke off tackle for 43 yards and a touchdown.

The festival presents a literary conference, a Williams play, film screenings, scholarly panels and a drama competition for high school students.

Ms. Glynn said she was impressed by the director's talent and by the Williams play.

This Williams play is, like most of the others, not naturalistic.

"It's got everything you expect from a Williams play," she said.

But "Not About Nightingales" is very much a Williams play.

Key scenes from Williams plays are included, just about all of them from film or television productions.

They read works in progress, adaptations of old works and newly discovered gems, like the Williams play.

Some of the fans had actually seen Williams play.

The film is the fourth adaptation of the Williams play, following a 1950 feature film and television movies made in 1966 and 1973.