Premiering on Broadway with Montgomery Clift and Edmund Gwenn in leading roles, this comedy is about the triumph of an old sea captain over a sadistic spinster sister was an early triumph for Tennessee Williams. Although the home in which she lived and ruled and the income on which she thrived in piety and pretension were her brother's, she had got him under her thumb after he had gone on a binge in the Caribbean, foundered his ship, and suffered the dishonor of losing his skipper's certificate. The return of the waif the skipper had...
Comedy
Characters: 4 male, 3 female
Interior Set
Premiering on Broadway with Montgomery Clift and Edmund Gwenn in leading roles, this comedy is...
Long self-identified as a gay man, America's greatest playwright Williams' candour in his book about his love life, sexual encounters, and drug use was found shocking in and of itself. Here, more than thirty years later, Williams' look back at his life is not quite so scandalous as it once seemed.
Long self-identified as a gay man, America's greatest playwright Williams' candour in his book about his love life, sexual encounters, and drug use wa...
Loneliness, sexual tension and the need for human kindness pervade these three plays by Tennessee Williams, as their characters rage against personal demons and the modern world.
Loneliness, sexual tension and the need for human kindness pervade these three plays by Tennessee Williams, as their characters rage against personal ...
The Heinemann Plays series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. This play depicts the conflict between a fading Southern belle and the brash lower-class society of her sister's family.
The Heinemann Plays series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl p...
This series of plays for the 11-16 age range offers contemporary drama and new editions of classic plays. The series has been developed to support classroom teaching and to meet the requirements of the National Curriculum Key Stages 3 and 4.
This series of plays for the 11-16 age range offers contemporary drama and new editions of classic plays. The series has been developed to support cla...
During his long career as one of America's most distinguished and successful playwrights, Williams also published four volumes of short stories. In Collected Stories, the contents of these volumes are combined with unpublished or uncollected stories.
During his long career as one of America's most distinguished and successful playwrights, Williams also published four volumes of short stories. In Co...
The peak of my virtuosity was in the one- act plays. Some of which are like firecrackers on a rope. Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams' lesser-known one act plays reveal a tantalising and fascinating perspective to one of the world's most important playwrights.
Written between 1934 and 1980, the plays of the very young writer, then of the successful Tennessee Williams, and finally of the troubled man of the 1970s, this volume offers a panoramic yet detailed view of the themes, demons, and wit of this iconic playwright.
The volume depicts American life during the Great...
The peak of my virtuosity was in the one- act plays. Some of which are like firecrackers on a rope. Tennessee Williams
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Příběh ovdovělé Sicilanky Serafiny, která žije i po smrti milovaného muže v idealizovaném světě vášnivé lásky, která ale nebyla až t...
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Příběh inspirovaný vlastním osudem i nejbližšími členy rodiny - matkou a nemocnou sestrou. Vrací se v něm na americký Jih před druhou sv...
