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The Rose Tatoo & Camino Real
The Rose Tattoo; Camino Penguin Plays PL21
233 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1958
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Tennessee Williams
661 books3,709 followersThomas Lanier Williams III, better known by the nickname Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright of the twentieth century who received many of the top theatrical awards for his work. He moved to New Orleans in 1939 and changed his name to "Tennessee," the state of his father's birth.
Raised in St. Louis, Missouri, after years of obscurity, at age 33 he became famous with the success of The Glass Menagerie (1944) in New York City. This play closely reflected his own unhappy family background. It was the first of a string of successes, including A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), Sweet Bird of Youth (1959), and The Night of the Iguana (1961). With his later work, he attempted a new style that did not appeal to audiences. His drama A Streetcar Named Desire is often numbered on short lists of the finest American plays of the 20th century, alongside Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.
Much of Williams' most acclaimed work has been adapted for the cinema. He also wrote short stories, poetry, essays and a volume of memoirs. In 1979, four years before his death, Williams was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
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Raised in St. Louis, Missouri, after years of obscurity, at age 33 he became famous with the success of The Glass Menagerie (1944) in New York City. This play closely reflected his own unhappy family background. It was the first of a string of successes, including A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), Sweet Bird of Youth (1959), and The Night of the Iguana (1961). With his later work, he attempted a new style that did not appeal to audiences. His drama A Streetcar Named Desire is often numbered on short lists of the finest American plays of the 20th century, alongside Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.
Much of Williams' most acclaimed work has been adapted for the cinema. He also wrote short stories, poetry, essays and a volume of memoirs. In 1979, four years before his death, Williams was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
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September 15, 2022
I would actually rate the rose tattoo 4 stars and Camino Real 2 stars*
Firstly, I’d like to know which drugs williams was on when he wrote camino real and where can i find some. Maybe if i re-read it after doing some it would make sense. Genuinely insane. I tried throughout to consider analogies it could be or make some kind of sense of the plot and characters but in the end i had to give up. none of it makes any sense?! I’m not sure i could tell you a single thing that happened in it…
The Rose Tattoo, however, very entertaining! some classic themes: insanity, love, the devil, goats… All the good stuff!! But seriously was very good and the characters were well developed and interesting.
Firstly, I’d like to know which drugs williams was on when he wrote camino real and where can i find some. Maybe if i re-read it after doing some it would make sense. Genuinely insane. I tried throughout to consider analogies it could be or make some kind of sense of the plot and characters but in the end i had to give up. none of it makes any sense?! I’m not sure i could tell you a single thing that happened in it…
The Rose Tattoo, however, very entertaining! some classic themes: insanity, love, the devil, goats… All the good stuff!! But seriously was very good and the characters were well developed and interesting.
October 10, 2012
Two masterpieces of Tennessee Williams .. Wanna see them on theater
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