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The Theatre of Tennessee Williams: "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "Orpheus Descending", "Suddenly Last Summer" - New Directions Paperbook New edition
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The Theatre of Tennessee Williams: "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "Orpheus Descending", "Suddenly Last Summer" - New Directions Paperbook
Tennessee Williams
Volume III of the series includes Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), Orpheus Descending (1957), and Suddenly Last Summer (1958). The first, which won both the Pulitzer Prize and Drama Critics Award, has proved every bit as successful as William?s earlier A Streetcar Named Desire. The other two plays, though different in kind, both have something of the quality of Greek tragedy in 20th-century settings, bringing about catharsis through ritual death.
The Theatre of Tennessee Williams brings together in a matching format the plays of one of the America?s most influential and innovative dramatists. Arranged in chronological order, this ongoing series includes the original cast listings and production notes.
423 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | September 17, 1991 |
| Original release date | 1992 |
| ISBN13 | 9780811211963 |
| Publishers | New Directions Publishing Corporation |
| Pages | 423 |
| Dimensions | 132 × 203 × 30 mm · 471 g |
| Language | English |
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