 Williams won first place and "The Magic Tower" was performed by the Guild on October 13, 1936, to positive reviews.The play tells the story of a young artist and his ex-actress wife living in a slum that they refer to as their "magic tower," following them as their optimism gradually fades.Written in 1937 under the title "Escape", "Summer at the Lake" was unproduced until November 11, 2004, when it opened at the New York City Center in a collection of rarely seen Williams one-acts titled "Five by Tenn".