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Tennessee Williams' South: Directed by Harry Rasky. With Francisco Castillo, John Colicos, Colleen Dewhurst, William Hutt. Several relaxing chats with the author, in which he reads some of his texts, are interspersed with restagings of scenes from his plays performed by quality actors.
- (54)
- Documentary
- Harry Rasky
- 1973
30. Okt. 2022 · Tennessee Williams' plays—sad stories of deluded women, cynical men, repressed sexuality, and jaded people with alcohol problems, all gradually losing hope against the backdrop of the mannered...
Kritiker definieren den Stil seiner Schauspiele als „ Southern Gothic “ („Südstaatengotik“). 1948 und 1955 wurde Williams für seine Stücke Endstation Sehnsucht (A Streetcar Named Desire) und Die Katze auf dem heißen Blechdach (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) mit dem Pulitzerpreis ausgezeichnet.
Overview. The brutes and the belles. The gadflies and the good ol' boys. The taboos and the profound truths. They're all part of a tennessee state of mind -- a realm of places, personalities and ideas.
Tennessee Williams. Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama.
- 1930–1983
- Thomas Lanier Williams III, March 26, 1911, Columbus, Mississippi, U.S.
The resilient character and memorable characters of one of our greatest writers reside in Tennessee Williams' South. The gadflies and the good ol' boys. The taboos and the profound truths.
Williams is front and center for this exploration, reading from his works, placing them in the context of his life, and serving as guide in visits to his career-shaping refuge in New Orleans and his later-day writing quarters in Key West. Also, dramatizations by distinguished actors
