Name: The Glass Menagerie (in English)
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Author: Tennessee Williams
ISBN: 9780811219037

portada The Glass Menagerie (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Tennessee Williams

Introduction by

Tony Kushner

Publisher

New Directions Publishing Corporation

Year

2011

Language

English

Pages

160

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.0 x 14.8 x 2.6 cm

Weight

0.43 kg.

ISBN

0811219038

ISBN13

9780811219037

Synopsis "The Glass Menagerie (in English)"

The Glass Menagerie marked a crucial turning point in American theater, and forever changed the life of its then unknown author. Williams's elegiac master- piece brought a radical new lyricism to Broadway -- the tragedy, fragility, and tenderness of this "memory play" have made it one of America's most powerful, timeless, and compelling plays. The introduction by Tony Kushner sparkles with the kind of rich, unique insight that only a fellow playwright could convey. The Deluxe Centennial Edition includes: - Tony Kushner's astonishing introduction. - The pioneering essay, "The Homosexual in Society," by Tennessee's friend Robert Duncan, and poems by Hart Crane, E. E. Cummings, Walt Whitman, and Tennessee Williams, which Kushner discusses as sources of inspiration. - "The Pretty Trap," a cheerful one-act run-up to The Glass Menagerie. - "The Portrait of a Girl in Glass," Tennessee's short-story variation of the play - Photographs of great actresses who have played Amanda, and stills from various stage and film incarnations of The Glass Menagerie. - Williams's classic essay about fame, "The Catastrophe of Success." - The playwright's original "Production Notes." - The 1944 opening-night rave reviews from Chicago. - An essay by the distinguished Williams scholar Allean Hale, "Inside The Menagerie," provides autobiographical particulars about Williams's family life in St. Louis. - A gorgeous new jacket design by Rodrigo Corral.

Tennessee Williams

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(Misisipi, 1911 - Nueva York, 1983) Thomas Lanier Williams III más conocido por el nombre artístico Tennessee Williams, fue un destacado dramaturgo estadounidense. Licenciado en Filosofía y Letras en la Universidad de Iowa, en 1948 ganó el Premio Pulitzer de teatro por Un tranvía llamado Deseo, y en 1955 por La gata sobre el tejado de zinc. Los críticos del género sostienen que Williams escribía en estilo gótico sureño. Sus personajes se hallan frecuentemente ajenos a los convencionalismos sociales. Su obra es conocida porque muchas fueron llevadas al cine, con guiones del mismo Tennessee Williams en la mayoría de los casos.

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