Author: Tennessee Williams Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc ISBN: 9780822210894 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 118
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THE STORY: The play reveals to the very depths the character of Blanche du Bois, a woman whose life has been undermined by her romantic illusions, which lead her to reject--so far as possible--the realities of life with which she is faced and which s
Author: Tennessee Williams Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1350108529 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 161
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This revised Student Edition includes an introduction by Bess Rowen, Assistant Professor at Villanova University, US, which looks in particular at the play's treatment of rape, vulnerable people, mental institutions (especially in connection to Williams's own family), sexuality and sexual desire. A Streetcar Named Desire shows a turbulent confrontation between traditional values in the American South - an old-world graciousness and beauty running decoratively to seed - set against the rough-edged, aggressive materialism of the new world. Through the vividly characterised figures of Southern belle Blanche Dubois, seeking refuge from physical ugliness in decayed gentility, and her brutal brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski, Tennessee Williams dramatises his sense of the South's past as still active and often destructive in modern America. METHUEN DRAMA STUDENT EDITIONS are expertly annotated texts of a wide range of plays from the modern and classic repertoires. A well as the complete text of the play itself, this volume contains: · A chronology of the play and the playwright's life and work · An introductory discussion of the social, political, cultural and economic context in which the play was originally conceived and created · A succinct overview of the creation processes followed and subsequent performance history of the piece · An analysis of, and commentary on, some of the major themes and specific issues addressed by the text · A bibliography of suggested primary and secondary materials for further study
Author: Harold Bloom Publisher: Infobase Publishing ISBN: 143812628X Category : New Orleans (La.) Languages : en Pages : 189
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Presents a collection of ten critical essays on Williams's play "A Streetcar Named Desire" arranged in chronological order of publication.
Author: Jordan Yale Miller Publisher: Prentice Hall ISBN: Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 136
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Introduction, by J.Y. Miller.--Notebook for A streetcar named Desire, by E. Kazan.--Review of a tryout performance in Boston, by E. Hughes.--Streetcar named Desire sets season's high in acting, writing, by J. Chapman.--Streetcar named Desire is striking drama, by R. Watts, Jr.--"Streetcar" tragedy--Mr. Williams' report on life in New Orleans, by B. Atkinson.--O'Neill status won by author of "Streetcar", by H. Barnes.--The streetcar isn't drawn by Pegasus, by G.J. Nathan.--Review of Streetcar named Desire, by J.W. Krutch.--Southern discomfort, by J.M. Brown.--Masterpiece, by I. Shaw.--Miss Vivien Leigh, by H. Hobson.--Laughter dans le tramway, by R. MacColl.--Williams' feminine characters, by D. da Ponte.--A trio of Tennessee Williams' heroines: the psychology of prostitution, by P. Weissman.--Tennessee Williams and the tragedy of sensitivity, by J.T. von Szeliski.--The innocence of Tennessee Williams, by M. Magid.--A streetcar named Desire--Neitzsche descending, by J.N. Riddell.--Most famous of streetcars, by W.D. Sievers.--The southern gentlewoman, by S. Falk.--Tennessee Williams: Streetcar to glory, by C.W.E. Bigsby.--Selected bibliography (p. 116-119).
Author: Matthew C. Roudané Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 110749382X Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 444
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This is a collection of thirteen original essays from a team of leading scholars in the field. In this wide-ranging volume, the contributors cover a healthy sampling of Williams's works, from the early apprenticeship years in the 1930s through to his last play before his death in 1983, Something Cloudy, Something Clear. In addition to essays on such major plays as The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, among others, the contributors also consider selected minor plays, short stories, poems, and biographical concerns. The Companion also features a chapter on selected key productions as well as a bibliographic essay surveying the major critical statements on Williams.
Author: Tennessee Williams Publisher: New Directions Publishing ISBN: 9780811205962 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 132
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The very title of Sweet Bird of Youth is one of ironic pity. The two chief characters--a raddled has-been actress from Hollywood, seeking to forget her present in drugs and sex, and her still handsome masseur-gigolo, who has brought her to his hometown in the South, believing that through her money and faded glamor his gaudy illusions may yet come true--are the reverse side of the American dream of youth. Yet as they work out their fate amid violence and horror, there is nevertheless a note of compassion for the damned.
Author: Tennessee Williams Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc ISBN: 9780822201892 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 92
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THE STORY: In a plantation house, a family celebrates the sixty-fifth birthday of Big Daddy, as they sentimentally dub him. The mood is somber, despite the festivities, because a number of evils poison the gaiety: greed, sins of the past and desper
Author: Philip C. Kolin Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521626101 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 260
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One of the most important plays of the twentieth century, A Streetcar Named Desire revolutionised the modern stage. This book offers the first continuous history of the play in production from 1947 to 1998 with an emphasis on the collaborative achievement of Tennessee Williams, Elia Kazan, and Jo Mielziner in the Broadway premiere. From there chapters survey major national premieres by the world's leading directors including those by Seki Sano (Mexico), Luchino Visconti (Italy), Ingmar Bergman (Sweden), Jean Cocteau (France ) and Laurence Olivier (England). Philip Kolin also evaluates key English-language revivals and assesses how the script evolved and adapted to cultural changes. Interpretations by Black and gay theatre companies also receive analyses and transformations into other media, such as ballet, film, television, and opera (premiered in 1998) form an important part of the overall study.
Author: William Golding Publisher: Faber & Faber ISBN: 0571290582 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 301
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A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance. First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is one of the most celebrated and widely read of modern classics. Now fully revised and updated, this educational edition includes chapter summaries, comprehension questions, discussion points, classroom activities, a biographical profile of Golding, historical context relevant to the novel and an essay on Lord of the Flies by William Golding entitled 'Fable'. Aimed at Key Stage 3 and 4 students, it also includes a section on literary theory for advanced or A-level students. The educational edition encourages original and independent thinking while guiding the student through the text - ideal for use in the classroom and at home.
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