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Improvvisamente l'estate scorsa
Arte, famiglia, menzogna, sesso, malattia sono i temi di un dramma che ha radici autobiografiche, ambientato in quel Sud degli Stati Uniti in cui Williams era nato e che ricorre come luogo elettivo in tanti dei suoi capolavori. Con un realismo visionario, denso d'immagini e di vibrazioni liriche, con una lingua intensamente performativa, in cui musiche, suoni, luci, spazi, corpi e parole sono modulati all'unisono, l'autore genera dinamiche ossessive, tra incubo e struggimento, impossibili da dimenticare. Il testo mette a confronto, in una battaglia all'ultimo sangue, due grandi parti femminili: la giovane Catharine, sconvolta da ciò che è accaduto al cugino Sebastian durante una vacanza insieme, e la tirannica Violet, madre di Sebastian, determinata a far tacere la nipote con ogni mezzo. Sarà lo psichiatra, un altro dei 'gentili sconosciuti' del teatro di Williams, a fare in modo che Catharine possa raccontare. Così, la villa e il suo lussureggiante giardino tropicale diventano il palcoscenico della memoria, per ritornare sulla scena del trauma e cercare di capire che cosa è davvero successo l'estate scorsa. Questa storia di menzogne e omofobia era una sfida all'America puritana.
88 pages, Paperback
Published March 1, 2021
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Tennessee Williams
783 books3,863 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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July 26, 2025
Solitamente non inserisco le opere teatrali qua su goodreads, però questa è pazzesca.
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