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- Condition
- Book Title
- Williams : A Streetcar Named Desire
- ISBN
- 9780521623445
- Subject Area
- Drama
- Publication Name
- Williams : a Streetcar Named Desire
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Item Length
- 8.8 in
- Subject
- American / General
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Series
- Plays in Production Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Item Weight
- 16.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 252 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521623448
ISBN-13
9780521623445
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1618047
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
252 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Williams : a Streetcar Named Desire
Subject
American / General
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Drama
Series
Plays in Production Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
16.5 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
99-015825
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
'Kolin's argument is most convincing regarding Streetcar's 'sustaining power and protean magic', for he sophicatedly analyzes a wealth of Streetcar productions, revisions, revivals and 'radicalizations' since its 1947 debut.' Theatre History Studies, "This book represents a major synthesis of resources and commentary on productions of 'A Streetcar Named Desire' around the world and across five decades." Felicia Londre, Kansas City Star, "Kolin's efforts...succeed admirably in providing a rich view of this script's convoluted history. Kolin does an admirable job of keeping the reader engaged with his clean and concise style...[A] welcome addition to the Plays in Production series." Midwest Quarterly, 'Written in an engaging style, this book is a vital addition to the history of American theatre and to the study of Tennessee Williams.' Southern Theatre, 'Kolin's passionate attachment to the playwright frankly infuses his commentary … anyone who picks up his book will learn something new from this well written, entertaining and accessible mixture of theatre history, dramatic criticism, and cultural analysis.' American Drama, ‘It’s probably a good bet that [Williams] would have enjoyed reading Kolin’s entertaining and informative fifty-year record of his dramatic masterpiece.’World Literature Today, 'Kolin's passionate attachment to the playwright frankly infuses his commentary ... anyone who picks up his book will learn something new from this well written, entertaining and accessible mixture of theatre history, dramatic criticism, and cultural analysis.'American Drama, ‘Kolin’s argument is most convincing regarding Streetcar’s ‘sustaining power and protean magic’, for he sophicatedly analyzes a wealth of Streetcar productions, revisions, revivals and ‘radicalizations’ since its 1947 debut.’Theatre History Studies, 'Written in an engaging style, this book is a vital addition to the history of American theatre and to the study of Tennessee Williams.'Southern Theatre, 'It's probably a good bet that [Williams] would have enjoyed reading Kolin's entertaining and informative fifty-year record of his dramatic masterpiece.'World Literature Today, 'It's probably a good bet that [Williams] would have enjoyed reading Kolin's entertaining and informative fifty-year record of his dramatic masterpiece.' World Literature Today, 'Kolin's argument is most convincing regarding Streetcar's 'sustaining power and protean magic', for he sophicatedly analyzes a wealth of Streetcar productions, revisions, revivals and 'radicalizations' since its 1947 debut.'Theatre History Studies, ‘Kolin’s passionate attachment to the playwright frankly infuses his commentary … anyone who picks up his book will learn something new from this well written, entertaining and accessible mixture of theatre history, dramatic criticism, and cultural analysis.’American Drama, ‘Written in an engaging style, this book is a vital addition to the history of American theatre and to the study of Tennessee Williams.’Southern Theatre, "In this study, an indispensable companion to all subsequent stagings of the play, Kolin provides a detailed examination and reconstruction of the Broadway premiere, an invaluable and difficult to assemble study of the premieres of the play in other countries, a brilliant assessment of the radicalizing of the play in recent alternative scripts and castings, and a review of the metamorphoses of Streetcar into such diverse media as film, ballet, teleplay and opera. Kolin's passionate attachment to the playwright frankly infuses his commentary, his years of study and research into Williams' oeuvre inform his scholarly insights..." American Drama, '[A] marvellous investigation of Williams' most famous play in production, fully attentive to design, music and acting.'Plays International, ‘[A] marvellous investigation of Williams’ most famous play in production, fully attentive to design, music and acting.’Plays International, "Anyone who picks up his book will learn something new from this well-written, entertaining and accessible mixture of theatre history, dramatic criticism, and cultural analysis." American Drama, '[A] marvellous investigation of Williams' most famous play in production, fully attentive to design, music and acting.' Plays International, "With this series ['Plays in Production'] Cambridge University Press leads the way in paying attention to the central playtexts that have shaped the modern and the contemporary stage and according them the kind of historical and scholarly research that they deserve..." American Drama, "...it is [Kolin's] vast reservoir of knowledge about Williams coupled with the depth of his astute assessment of the play in its various manifestations that raises this essential book to a level will beyond mere chronology. Undergraduates seeking an introduction to one of the seminal dramas of the 20th century and Williams scholars will find this book equally valuable." Choice, "Kolin's discussion of the original production...admirably lays the groundwork for fully appreciating the vastly varied history of the play...This fine volume confirms the premise of the series [Plays in Production]: systematically documenting and critically assessing the performance histories of individual works provides a lively, accessible and valuable register for contemporary theatre historiography." The Drama Review
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
812/.54
Table Of Content
List of illustrations; General preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. A Streetcar Named Desire - The Broadway premiere and beyond; 2. Streetcar on the world stage: the national premieres, 1948-1953; 3. Streetcar revivals on the English-language stage; 4. Recasting the players: expanding and radicalizing the Streetcar script; 5. Streetcar in other media; Selective production chronology; Notes; Selective bibliography of criticism of Streetcar; Index.
Synopsis
A Streetcar Named Desire revolutionised the modern stage and this book offers the first continuous history of the play in production from 1947 to 1998. Chapters survey major premieres by leading directors. Transformations into other media, such as ballet, film, television, and opera also form an important part of the study., One of the most important plays of the twentieth century, A Streetcar Named Desire revolutionised the modern stage. This book offers the first continuous history of the play in production from 1947 to 1998 with an emphasis on the collaborative achievement of Tennessee Williams, Elia Kazan, and Jo Mielziner in the Broadway premiere. From there chapters survey major national premieres by the world's leading directors including those by Seki Sano (Mexico), Luchino Visconti (Italy), Ingmar Bergman (Sweden), Jean Cocteau (France ) and Laurence Olivier (England). Philip Kolin also evaluates key English-language revivals and assesses how the script evolved and adapted to cultural changes. Interpretations by Black and gay theatre companies also receive analyses and transformations into other media, such as ballet, film, television, and opera (premiered in 1998) form an important part of the overall study., 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, and opera (premiered in 1998) form an important part of the overall study., This first continuous history of the play surveys major productions and transformations into ballet, film, television, and opera.
LC Classification Number
PS3545.I5365 S824 20
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