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‘Tennessee Williams's mordantly funny and deeply troubled
meditation on the desperate dismay of ageing and the iniquities of
racial bigotry.’ INDEPENDENT ‘It’s a wonderfully weird play,
starting claustrophobic, losing intensity as it introduces the
locals… then regrouping for a devastating second half… This
unruly, unforgettable play takes its unpredictable course to
something that makes you feel afresh our powerlessness against
time.’ THE TIMES When Chance Wayne left the small town of St.
Cloud, he did so with the ambition of being an actor: now, many
years later, he returns as a gigolo and the companion of faded
movie star Alexandra del Lago. But can Chance convince the town he
did actually make it big and win over his childhood sweetheart? Or
will the mistakes of his past punish him still? Sweet Bird of Youth
is Tennessee Williams's 1959 Broadway hit that explores the social
and political climate of 1950s America, at a time when sexual
freedom was a critical issue. This edition includes an introduction
by Alison Walls that explores the play's production history as well
as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates that surround it.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar
Named Desire is the tale of a catastrophic confrontation between
fantasy and reality, embodied in the characters of Blanche DuBois
and Stanley Kowalski. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes
an introduction by Arthur Miller. 'I have always depended on the
kindness of strangers' Fading southern belle Blanche DuBois is
adrift in the modern world. When she arrives to stay with her
sister Stella in a crowded, boisterous corner of New Orleans, her
delusions of grandeur bring her into conflict with Stella's crude,
brutish husband Stanley Kowalski. Eventually their violent
collision course causes Blanche's fragile sense of identity to
crumble, threatening to destroy her sanity and her one chance of
happiness. Tennessee Williams's steamy and shocking landmark drama,
recreated as the immortal film starring Marlon Brando, is one of
the most influential plays of the twentieth century. Tennessee
Williams (1911-1983) was born in Columbus, Mississippi. When his
father, a travelling salesman, moved with his family to St Louis
some years later, both he and his sister found it impossible to
settle down to city life. He entered college during the Depression
and left after a couple of years to take a clerical job in a shoe
company. He stayed there for two years, spending the evenings
writing. He received a Rockefeller Fellowship in 1940 for his play
Battle of Angels, and he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 and 1955.
Among his many other plays Penguin have published The Glass
Menagerie (1944), The Rose Tattoo (1951), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
(1955), Sweet Bird of Youth (1959), The Night of the Iguana (1961),
and Small Craft Warnings (1972). If you enjoyed A Streetcar Named
Desire, you might like The Glass Menagerie, also available in
Penguin Modern Classics. 'Lyrical and poetic and human and
heartbreaking and memorable and funny' Francis Ford Coppola,
director of The Godfather 'One of the greatest American plays'
Observer
This revised Student Edition includes an introduction by Daniel
Ciba, which looks in particular at the play as a piece of realism
or experimentalism and considers the play through the lens of Queer
Identity. The introduction includes discussion of very recent
revivals and adaptations of the play across the world. The Glass
Menagerie, Tennessee Williams' first great popular success and an
autobiographical play about his mother and sister, launched the
brilliant and controversial career of this ground-breaking American
playwright. Set in St Louis during the depression era of the 1930s,
it is the poignant drama of a family's gradual disintegration,
under pressure both from outside and within. METHUEN DRAMA STUDENT
EDITIONS are expertly annotated texts of a wide range of plays from
the modern and classic repertoires. A well as the complete text of
the play itself, this volume contains: · A chronology of the play
and the playwright’s life and work · an introductory discussion
of the social, political, cultural and economic context in which
the play was originally conceived and created · a succinct
overview of the creation processes followed and subsequent
performance history of the piece · an analysis of, and commentary
on, some of the major themes and specific issues addressed by the
text · a bibliography of suggested primary and secondary materials
for further study.
This revised Student Edition includes an introduction by Bess
Rowen, Visiting Assistant Professor at Villanova University, US,
which looks in particular at the play's treatment of rape,
vulnerable people, mental institutions (especially in connection to
Williams's own family), sexuality and sexual desire. A Streetcar
Named Desire shows a turbulent confrontation between traditional
values in the American South - an old-world graciousness and beauty
running decoratively to seed - set against the rough-edged,
aggressive materialism of the new world. Through the vividly
characterised figures of Southern belle Blanche Dubois, seeking
refuge from physical ugliness in decayed gentility, and her brutal
brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski, Tennessee Williams dramatises his
sense of the South's past as still active and often destructive in
modern America. METHUEN DRAMA STUDENT EDITIONS are expertly
annotated texts of a wide range of plays from the modern and
classic repertoires. A well as the complete text of the play
itself, this volume contains: * A chronology of the play and the
playwright's life and work * An introductory discussion of the
social, political, cultural and economic context in which the play
was originally conceived and created * A succinct overview of the
creation processes followed and subsequent performance history of
the piece * An analysis of, and commentary on, some of the major
themes and specific issues addressed by the text * A bibliography
of suggested primary and secondary materials for further study
The Heinemann Plays series offers contemporary drama and classic
plays in classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix
of boy and girl parts. This play depicts the conflict between a
fading Southern belle and the brash lower-class society of her
sister's family.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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