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Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire

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One of the most important plays of the twentieth century, A Streetcar Named Desire revolutionised the modern stage. This book offers the first continuous history of the play in production from 1947 to 1998 with an emphasis on the collaborative achievement of Tennessee Williams, Elia Kazan, and Jo Mielziner in the Broadway premiere. From there chapters survey major national premieres by the world's leading directors including those by Seki Sano (Mexico), Luchino Visconti (Italy), Ingmar Bergman (Sweden), Jean Cocteau (France ) and Laurence Olivier (England). Philip Kolin also evaluates key English-language revivals and assesses how the script evolved and adapted to cultural changes. Interpretations by Black and gay theatre companies also receive analyses and transformations into other media, such as ballet, film, television, and opera (premiered in 1998) form an important part of the overall study.

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ISBN: 9780521626101
Publication date: 27th April 2000
Author: Philip C University of Southern Mississippi Kolin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 252 pages
Series: Plays in Production
Genres: Theatre studies
Literary studies: plays and playwrights
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000