Title: The theatre of Tennessee Williams /
Authors: Murphy, Brenda, 1950-; Lonergan, Patrick,; Hurley, Erin,
Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama,
Year: 2014
Subjects: Williams, Tennessee, Criticism and interpretation.; Literature.
Abstract: This work provides an analysis of Willams's dramatic work. With the centennial of his birth celebrated amid a flurry of conferences devoted to his work in 2011, and his plays a central part of any literature and drama curriculum and uibiquitous in theatre repertoires, he remains a giant of twentieth century literature and drama. In this major study of his work the author examines his life and career and provides an analysis of more than a score of his key plays, including in-depth studies of major works such as A Streetcar Named Desire, The Glass Menagerie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and others. She traces the artist figure who features in many of Williams's plays to broaden the discussion beyond the normal reference points. -- From publisher's website.
Contents: The 1930s' Plays (1936-1940) -- Battle of Angels and Orpheus Descending (1939-1941 and 1957) -- The Glass Menagerie (1942-1945) -- Summer and Smoke and Eccentricities of a Nightingale (1945-1948 and 1964) -- A Streetcar Named Desire (1945-1947) -- The Rose Tattoo and Camino Real (1951 and 1946-1953) -- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1951-1955) -- Suddenly Last Summer and Sweet Bird of Youth (1953-1959) -- The Night of the Iguana (1940-1948 and 1959-1961) -- The Later Plays (1961-1983) -- Critical Perspectives -- All in the Timing: The Meanings of Streetcar in 1947 and 1951 -- Bruce McConachie -- A Broken Romance: Tennessee Williams and America's Mid-Century Theatre Culture -- John S. Bak -- "A Vast Traumatic Eye": Culture Absorbed and Refigured in Tennessee Williams's Transitional Plays / Felicia Hardison Londre -- "There's something not natural here": Grotesque Ambiguities in Tennessee Williams's Kingdom of Earth, A Cavalier for Milady, and A House Not Meant to Stand -- Annette J. Saddik