 "Ten Blocks on the Camino Real" is a one-act play that was written in early 1946 and published in Williams' 1948 play collection "American Blues"; in 1952, the playwright expanded it into a full-length play, "Camino Real".Williams directs the reader to use the Anglicized pronunciation "Cá-mino Réal"

This one-act play was written in 1946.In 1966, the play was expanded into the film of the same name, which starred Natalie Wood and Robert Redford.