Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Gindt, Dirk,

Titel

Tennessee Williams in Sweden and France, 1945-1965 : cultural translations, sexual anxieties and racial fantasies

Auflage

First edition

Ort / Verlag

London ; : Methuen Drama,

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Link zum Volltext

• Bloomsbury Drama Online: Critical Studies and Performance Practice - Annual Update 2022 (GLOBAL)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

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• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Acknowledgements -- List of figures -- Introduction: Cultural translations and patterns of migration -- Chapter 1: Setting the stage: The Glass Menagerie -- Chapter 2: Encounters with the Other: A Streetcar Named Desire -- Chapter 3: Sinful sexualities and commercial triumphs: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof -- Chapter 4: Fantasies of the Deep South: Orpheus Descending -- Chapter 5: Critical watershed: Suddenly Last Summer -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- About the Author Index.
• "The immediate post-war period marks a pivotal moment in the internationalization of American theatre when Tennessee Williams' plays became some of Broadway's most critically acclaimed and financially lucrative exports. Dirk Gindt offers a detailed study of the production and reception of Williams' work on Swedish and French stages at the height of his popularity between 1945 and 1965. Analysing the national openings of seminal plays, including The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Orpheus Descending and Suddenly Last Summer, Gindt provides rich and nuanced insights into Williams' transnational impact. In the process, he charts a network of fascinating and influential directors, actors, designers, producers and critics, all of whom left distinctive marks on mid-twentieth-century European theatre and culture. Gindt further demonstrates how Williams' work foregrounded cultural apprehensions, racial fantasies and sexual anxieties, which resulted in heated debates in the critical and popular media."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
• Also issued in printing.