[1] Williams subsequently adapted the story into a one-act play, "Kingdom of Earth," published in the February 1, 1967, edition of Esquire magazine.

The serio-comic play focuses on Lot, a tubercular neurotic youth who is an impotent, closeted transvestite overly attached to the memory of his late mother.

He has returned to his ancestral home, a decaying house on the edge of a river on the verge of overflowing, with his new bride Myrtle, a sometime prostitute and former showgirl, the sole surviving member of the Five Memphis Hot Shots.

Williams noted Walter Kerr "observed that it was a play that contained excellent and funny characterization and that he hoped I'd rewrite it someday.

It was cut to its proper length, beautifully cast, and the lady who directed it brought out its bawdy and yet touching style and its strong thematic content.

The play was presented under Williams' original title "Kingdom of Earth" and ran for approximately 24 weekend performances over three months.

In 1991, the play was produced in the UK at the Redgrave Theatre, Farnham starring Kit Hollerbach as Myrtle, Stephen Hattersley as Chicken and Marc Warren as Lot in a production directed by Bill Bankes-Jones.