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Tennessee Williams, 1911-1983

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812.54/Williams
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vol. 2: 1 / 1 copies available
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Published
New York : Library of America [2000]
Language
English
Main Author
Tennessee Williams, 1911-1983 (-)
Other Authors
Mel Gussow (-), W. Kenneth Holditch, Patrick Rainville Dorn
Item Description
Selection and notes by Mel Gussow and Kenneth Holditch.
Physical Description
2 volumes ; 21 cm
Also issued online
ISBN
9781883011864
9781883011871
  • [v. 1.] 1937-1955: Spring storm
  • Not about nightingales
  • Battle of angels
  • I rise in flame, cried the phoenix
  • from 27 wagons full of cotton (1946)
  • The glass menagerie
  • A streetcar named Desire
  • Summer and smoke
  • The rose tattoo
  • Camino Real
  • from 27 Wagons full of cotton (1953)
  • Cat on a hot tin roof
  • [v. 2] 1957-1980: Orpheus descending
  • Suddenly last summer
  • Sweet bird of youth
  • Period of adjustment
  • The night of the iguana
  • The eccentricities of a nightingale
  • The milk train doesn't stop here anymore
  • The mutilated
  • Kingdom of earth (the seven descents of Myrtle)
  • Small craft warnings
  • Out cry
  • Vieux Carré
  • A lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur.
Review by Library Journal Review

These two volumes present the essential works of Tennessee Williams, from his early career through his best-known plays to his experimental later works. The texts printed here are from the versions Williams published immediately following each play's composition. This is notable because Williams revised his plays regularly, and most exist in multiple versions. (In a 1944 essay, Williams noted that, "I have never written a play that I thought was completed and I don't think I ever will.") These volumes include some exciting additions, such as Williams's own essays on writing, the plays, and theater in general as well as author's notes, production notes, and cast lists from some of the original productions. Editors Gussow (drama critic, New York Times) and Holditch (founder/editor, the Tennessee Williams Journal) have added detailed notes on the texts and a newly researched chronology of Williams's life. Highly recommended for public and academic American drama collections.DLaura A. Ewald, Murray State Univ., KY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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