| The Theatre of Tennessee Williams Volume 8: Vieux Carre/A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur/Clothes for a Summer Hotel/The Red Devil Battery Sign Contributor(s): Williams, Tennessee (Author) |
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ISBN: 0811214753 ISBN-13: 9780811214759 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2001 Annotation: The Theatre of Tennessee Williams presents, in matching format, the plays of one of America's most consistently influential and innovative dramatists. The first five volumes of this ongoing series contain Williams' full-length plays through 1975 and, in addition to the texts themselves, include original cast listings and production notes. Volumes VI and VII contain Williams' collected shorter plays. Now available as a paperbook, Volume VIII adds to the series' four full-length plays written and produced during the last decade of Williams' life. The text used for each play was corrected and revised by the playwright in preparation for publication, or, in the case of the posthumously published Red Devil Battery Sign, makes use of his last known revision. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | American - General |
| Dewey: 812.54 |
| LCCN: 78159743 |
| Series: Theatre of Tennessee Williams Vol. a |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 5.25" W x 7.97" (0.84 lbs) 378 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The eighth volume of Tennessee Williams's collected plays - for the first time in paperback. Contains the following four plays: Vieux Carre: Williams is completely in control here.London TimesA Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur: Collections should include this view of a lady who does not despair, in order to have the full picture of his prismatic Southern heroines.Library JournalClothes for a Summer Hotel: A masterpiece utterly original, freshly imagined in style and substance.Choice The Red Devil Battery Sign: It is essential Williams.English StudiesThe Theatre of Tennessee Williams presents, in matching format, the plays of one of America's most consistently influential and innovative dramatists. Now available as a paperback, Volume VIII adds to the series four full-length plays written and produced during the last decade of Williams' life, including original cast listings and production notes. The text used for each play was corrected and revised by the playwright in preparation for publication, or, in the case of the posthumously published Red Devil Battery Sign, makes use of his last known revision. |
Contributor Bio(s): Williams, Tennessee: - Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) is the acclaimed author of many books of letters, short stories, poems, essays, and a large collection of plays, including The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Camino Real, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Orpheus Descending, The Night of the Iguana, and The Rose Tattoo. |