
A Streetcar Named Desire - Student Editions (Paperback)
Tennessee Williams (author), Michael Hooper (editor,volume editor), Patricia Hern (editor,volume editor)
£9.99
Paperback
200 Pages /
Published: 24/02/2009
- 10+ in stock
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. This revised edition features a new production history of the play that considers both stage and screen presentations, an updated bibliography and extensive notes on the language of the play. Commentary and notes by Patricia Hern and Michael Hooper.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9781408106044
Number of pages: 200
Weight: 155 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 13 mm
Edition: Revised - Revised edition
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Tennesee Williams' 1947 masterpiece of broken dreams and tragic collapse' Michael Coveney, Independent, 29.7.09 'still ground-breaking dramatic, almost filmic, deliquescent structure and poetry' Michael Coveney, Independent, 29.7.09 'Few playwrights match Tennessee Williams when it comes to capturing the poetry of despair and A Streetcar Named Desire was one of his most heart-rending creations.' Siobhan Murphy, Metro (London), 30.7.09 'Williams's characters are voluptuaries with injured souls, and his dialogue contains moments of anguished lyricism.' Henry Hitchings, Evening Standard, 29.7.09 'a great and seductive play' Sarah Hemming, Financial Times, 31.7.09 'The battle between Blanche and Stanley over living space is a microcosm of the greater battle that the two wage over Stella and for control of the future - a future that doesn't have room for both of them.' Lyn Gardner, Guardian, 21.9.10 'If Blanche and Stanley battle over the future, Blanche and Stella are trying to protect the past - childhood innocence itself.' Lyn Gardner, Guardian, 21.9.10
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