| The Collected Plays of Tennessee Williams: A Library of America Boxed Set Contributor(s): Williams, Tennessee (Author) |
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ISBN: 1598531042 ISBN-13: 9781598531046 Publisher: Library of America OUR PRICE: $81.00 Product Type: Boxed Set Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | American - General |
| Dewey: 812 |
| LCCN: 00030190 |
| Physical Information: 2.77" H x 5.35" W x 8.47" (3.23 lbs) 2053 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In celebration of the Tennessee Williams centennial in 2011, The Library of America presents its acclaimed two-volume edition of his plays in a collector's boxed set. Gathering thirty-two works written from the 1930s to the 1980s, this collection contains all the essential dramatic works of the playwright who transformed the American stage. The first volume opens with the rediscovered early plays, Spring Storm and Not About Nightingales, and contains such classics as The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Rose Tattoo, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, as well as a selection of one acts. The second volume includes Orpheus Descending, Suddenly Last Summer, Sweet Bird of Youth, Period of Adjustment, The Night of the Iguana, The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Out Cry, and A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries. |