Tennessee Williams knew how to tell a good tale, and this steamy, wrenching play about a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, and about the lost innocence and corruption of Chance Wayne, reveals the dark side of the American dreams of youth and fame. Distinguished American playwright Lanford Wilson has written an insightful Introduction for this edition. Also included are Williams' original Foreword to the play; the one-act play The Enemy: Time-the germ for the full-length version, published here for the first time; an essay by Tennessee Williams scholar, Colby H. Kullman; and a chronology of the author's life.…mehr
Tennessee Williams knew how to tell a good tale, and this steamy, wrenching play about a faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, and about the lost innocence and corruption of Chance Wayne, reveals the dark side of the American dreams of youth and fame. Distinguished American playwright Lanford Wilson has written an insightful Introduction for this edition. Also included are Williams' original Foreword to the play; the one-act play The Enemy: Time-the germ for the full-length version, published here for the first time; an essay by Tennessee Williams scholar, Colby H. Kullman; and a chronology of the author's life.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) was America's most influential playwright. Readers have devoured his poetry, essays, short stories, and letters, as well as his fantastic late plays, his remarkable corpus of one-acts, and his greatest plays-The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Night of the Iguana, The Rose Tattoo, Suddenly Last Summer, and Camino Real. Williams is a cornerstone of New Directions-we publish everything he wrote. He is also our single bestselling author.
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Chronology Introduction Development of the play (Williams's state of mind, process and different iterations collaboration with Elia Kazan) Historical, Social and Cultural Contexts (segregation sexual freedom political climate Williams's other plays) Characters (allegorical names African-American characters) Setting (St. Cloud hotel Easter weekend) Style and language (poetic realism imagery music) Themes (corruption/purity violence religion sex race beauty public image politics) Productions and response (original cast subsequent notable productions reviews film adaptations) Academic Debate Further Study Sweet Bird of Youth Notes
Chronology Introduction Development of the play (Williams's state of mind, process and different iterations collaboration with Elia Kazan) Historical, Social and Cultural Contexts (segregation sexual freedom political climate Williams's other plays) Characters (allegorical names African-American characters) Setting (St. Cloud hotel Easter weekend) Style and language (poetic realism imagery music) Themes (corruption/purity violence religion sex race beauty public image politics) Productions and response (original cast subsequent notable productions reviews film adaptations) Academic Debate Further Study Sweet Bird of Youth Notes
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