Perfect for students of English Literature, Theatre Studies and American Studies at college and university, The Theatre of Tennessee Williams provides a lucid and stimulating analysis of Willams' dramatic work by one of America's leading scholars. With the centennial of his birth celebrated amid a flurry of conferences devoted to his work in 2011, and his plays a central part of any literature and drama curriculum and uibiquitous in theatre repertoires, he remains a giant of twentieth century literature and drama.
In Brenda Murphy's major open access study of his work she examines his life and career and provides an analysis of more than a score of his key plays, including in-depth studies of major works such as
A Streetcar Named Desire,
The Glass Menagerie,
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and others. She traces the artist figure who features in many of Williams' plays to broaden the discussion beyond the normal reference points.
As with other volumes in Methuen Drama's Critical Companions series, this book features too essays by Bruce McConachie, John S. Bak, Felicia Hardison Londré and Annette Saddik, offering perspectives on different aspects of Williams' work that will assist students in their own critical thinking.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Knowledge Unlatched.
Jr.: - Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. is professor of theatre arts at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, USA, the author and editor of ten books including The Empire Triumphant: Race, Religion and Rebellion in the Star Wars Films, and a contributor to numerous volumes on sci-fi, pop culture and religion, including essays on Godzilla, Star Wars, and Battlestar Galactica. His areas of expertise include Japanese theatre, African theatre, Shakespeare, Greek tragedy, stage combat and comedy. He is co-editor with Patrick Lonergan of Bloomsbury Methuen Drama's Critical Companions series.
Londré, Felicia Hardison: - Felicia Hardison Londré is Curators' Distinguished Professor of Theatre at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA. She was elected to The College of Fellows of the American Theatre in 1999 and served a term (2012-14) as Dean. Her fifteen books include the George Freedly Memorial Award-winning The Enchanted Years of the Stage: Kansas City at the Crossroads of American Theatre, 1890-1930; she is the author of Modern American Drama: Playwriting in the 1940s: Voices, Documents, New Interpretations and editor of The Great European Stage Directors Volume 7: Barrault, Mnouchkine, Stein (both Methuen Drama, 2018).
Lonergan, Patrick: - Patrick Lonergan is Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at University of Galway, Ireland.
McConachie, Bruce: - BRUCE MCCONACHIE is Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.
Murphy, Brenda: - Brenda Murphy is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Connecticut, where she has taught since 1989, following fourteen years as a faculty member and administrator at St Lawrence University. She is the author of many articles, books, and reviews on drama and American literature.
