Camino Real
- Author: Tennessee Williams
- Year of publication: 2010
- Translator: Manana Antadze
- Page quantity: 162
- Cover designer / Illustrator: Nino Khosruashvili
- Language: Georgian
- Category: DRAMA/AVANT-SCENE
- ISBN: 978-9941-9149-6-6
Camino Real was an ancient road network spanning the countries of Latin America, with a total length of more than 40,000 kilometres. One of its branches follows the Rio Grande River and is part of the heritage of the Aztec tribes. Tennessee Williams uses the name in a metaphorical sense. In the play, Camino Real is the name of a port city. It resembles any other city, yet it is none in particular. In other words, it is everywhere and nowhere at once. Escape from this place seems impossible. A massive stone wall separates it from the rest of the world. Beyond the wall lies Terra Incognita. The first character to arrive in this city is Don Quixote. Looking at a map, he reads that this is a place where the springtime of humanity will never come (Spengler!). Don Quixote falls asleep, and the entire story becomes his dream. The characters are both real historical figures and fictional literary characters, each serving as a symbol. Manana Antadze, translator of Tennessee Williams’s «Camino Real»
