The Rose Tattoo and Other Plays
Author | : Tennessee Williams |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2014-04-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780141975085 |
ISBN-13 | : 0141975083 |
Rating | : 4/5 (083 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Rose Tattoo and Other Plays written by Tennessee Williams and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these three exotic, steamy dramas Tennessee Williams portrays loss, faded lives and passionate love affairs. The Rose Tattoo is set in a bustling, Sicilian-American community, where newly widowed Serafina is paralysed by grief, until she has her romantic illusions about her dead husband shattered and rediscovers her true nature as a fiery prima donna, in a life-affirming celebration of love and sex. Tennessee Williams explores a new 'wild and unrestricted' theatrical form in the colourful tropical fantasy Camino Real, while Orpheus Descending, however, takes us into the dark territory of the Deep South: the corrupt hell of a small, brutal township, where a forbidden and tragic love affair sparks horrific violence.