The Collected Plays of Tennessee Williams, 9781598531046
Hardcover
Selection and notes by Mel Gussow and Kenneth Holditch.

The Collected Plays of Tennessee Williams

a library of america boxed set

$170.04

  • Hardcover

    2053 pages

  • Release Date

    3 March 2011

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Summary

In celebration of the Tennessee Williams centennial in 2011, The Library of America presents its acclaimed two-volume edition of his plays in a collector’s boxed set. Gathering thirty-two works written from the 1930s to the 1980s, this collection contains all the essential dramatic works of the playwright who transformed the American stage. The first volume opens with the rediscovered early plays, Spring Storm and Not About Nightingales, and contains such classics as The Glass Menagerie, A St…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781598531046
ISBN-10:1598531042
Author:Tennessee Williams
Publisher:The Library of America
Imprint:The Library of America
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:2053
Release Date:3 March 2011
Weight:1.42kg
Dimensions:216mm x 136mm x 70mm
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Critics Review

“These two volumes constitute all the plays that matter … with all the author’s introductions, notes and pertinent essays.” - Los Angeles Times Book Review

“These two volumes constitute all the plays that matter … with all the author’s introductions, notes and pertinent essays.” -Los Angeles Times Book Review

About The Author

Tennessee Williams

This two-volume edition is edited by Mel Gussow (1933–2005), who was a drama critic, a cultural writer at The New York Times, and author of several books including Edward Albee: A Singular Journey, and by Kenneth Holditch, professor emeritus at the University of New Orleans, editor since 1989 of the Tennessee Williams Journal, and the author of In Old New Orleans.

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