Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire

by Philip C. Kolin

Book Overview

A Streetcar Named Desire revolutionized the modern stage and this book offers the first continuous history of the play in production from 1947 to 1998. Chapters survey major national premieres by the world's leading directors including Seki Sano, Luchino Visconti, Ingmar Bergman, Jean Cocteau and Laurence Olivier. Interpretations by Black and gay theater companies also receive analyses, and transformations into other media, such as ballet, film, television,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521626102
• ISBN13: 9780521626101
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"