Sweet Bird Of Youth; A Streetcar Named Desire; The Glass Menagerie
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Three of the most electrifying works in the American dramatic canon are gathered in this essential Penguin Plays volume, showcasing the towering genius of Tennessee Williams at the height of his powers. The collection brings together Sweet Bird of Youth, a searing portrait of faded glory and desperate ambition set against the corrupt glamour of the American South; A Streetcar Named Desire, the iconic tragedy of Blanche DuBois, whose fragile illusions are brutally dismantled by the raw, primal force of Stanley Kowalski; and The Glass Menagerie, Williams's tender yet devastating memory play in which Tom Wingfield chronicles his suffocating home life and his mother's painful grip on a vanishing past. Williams writes with a poet's ear and a playwright's ruthless precision, crafting characters who burn with longing, self-deception, and an aching desire for a life just beyond their reach. His dialogue pulses with lyrical intensity, and his themes — the destruction of innocence, the collapse of the Old South, the cruelty of time — resonate far beyond the stage. Considered landmarks of 20th-century American theatre, these three plays cemented Williams's reputation alongside Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller as one of the defining voices of the modern American stage. Whether you are encountering these works for the first time or returning to them, they retain an almost unbearable power to move.
Author: Tennessee Williams
Format: Paperback
Genre: Plays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Three of the most electrifying works in the American dramatic canon are gathered in this essential Penguin Plays volume, showcasing the towering genius of Tennessee Williams at the height of his powers. The collection brings together Sweet Bird of Youth, a searing portrait of faded glory and desperate ambition set against the corrupt glamour of the American South; A Streetcar Named Desire, the iconic tragedy of Blanche DuBois, whose fragile illusions are brutally dismantled by the raw, primal force of Stanley Kowalski; and The Glass Menagerie, Williams's tender yet devastating memory play in which Tom Wingfield chronicles his suffocating home life and his mother's painful grip on a vanishing past. Williams writes with a poet's ear and a playwright's ruthless precision, crafting characters who burn with longing, self-deception, and an aching desire for a life just beyond their reach. His dialogue pulses with lyrical intensity, and his themes — the destruction of innocence, the collapse of the Old South, the cruelty of time — resonate far beyond the stage. Considered landmarks of 20th-century American theatre, these three plays cemented Williams's reputation alongside Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller as one of the defining voices of the modern American stage. Whether you are encountering these works for the first time or returning to them, they retain an almost unbearable power to move.