Plays / Tennessee Williams ; [Mel Gussow and Kenneth Holdich selected the contents and wrothe notes].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Gussow, Mel.

Holdich, Kenneth.

Series:

Library of America ; 119-120.

The Library of America ; 119-120

Standardized Title:

Plays. Selections

Language:

English

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 volumes ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Putnam, [2000]

Summary:

The adventurous and sometimes shocking later works of playwright Tennessee Williams, from 1957 to 1980, are collected in this volume, which includes "Orpheus Descending, Suddenly Last Summer", and "The Night of the Iguana".

Contents:

[v. 1] 1937-1955: Spring storm. Not about nightingales. Battle of angels. I rise in flame, cried the phoenix. From 27 wagons full of cotton (1945) .... The glass menagerie. A streetcar named Desire. Summer and smoke. The rose tattoo. Camino Real. From 27 Wagons full of cotton (1953) .... Cat on a hot tin roof

[v. 2] 1957-1980: Orpheus descending. Suddenly last summer. Sweet bird of youth. Period of adjustment. The night of the iguana. The eccentricities of a nightingale. The milk train doesn't stop here anymore. The mutilated. Kingdom of earth (The seven descents of Myrtle). Small craft warnings. Out cry. Vieux Carré. A lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

1883011868

1883011876

OCLC:

43936715