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 play...
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...
Da ihr Leben zu scheitern droht, flüchtet sich die mittellose Blanche zu ihrer in kleinen Vehältnissen lebenden Schwester Stella. Das 1947 uraufgeführte Beziehungsdrama beschreibt die Konfrontation zwischen der alternden Südstaatensch&...
Tennessee Williams's evocation of loneliness and lost love, The Glass Menagerie is one of his most powerful and moving plays. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes a new introduction by Robert Bray.
Tennessee Williamsâs controversial Hollywood screenplay Baby Doll opens with Archie Leeâs teenage bride driving him to distraction as she has refused to consummate their marriage until the day of her twentieth birthday....
A sizzling drama of desire, avarice and deception set in the American Deep South, Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is published in Penguin Modern Classics.
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. In 'Sweet Bird of Youth' a drifter, Chance Wayne, returns to his...
Lesen macht Spaß - und das umso mehr mit Lektüren, die Ihre Schüler/innen auch allein zu Hause bewältigen können. Mit den Literaturpaketen ist das problemlos möglich. Diese spannenden und kontroversen Lesehefte können...
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...
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof first heated up Broadway in 1955 with its gothic American story of brothers vying for their dying father's inheritance amid a whirlwind of sexuality, untethered in the person of Maggie the Cat. The play also daringly showcased...
Es ist die Geschichte einer Familie in den amerikanischen Südstaaten. Krankheit, Alkohol und Eifersucht haben sie zerstört. Liebe und Hass liegen dicht beieinander. An einem schwülen Sommerabend bricht die Verzweiflung aus der Familie herau...