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Tennessee Williams and Elia Kazan: A Collaboration in the Theatre

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Tennessee Williams and Elia Kazan: A Collaboration in the Theatre
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Brenda Murphy
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:236
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreDrama
Literary studies - from c 1900 -
Literary studies - plays and playwrights
ISBN/Barcode 9780521035248
ClassificationsDewey:792.09
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 14 December 2006
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This is a book-length study of the collaboration between Tennessee Williams and Elia Kazan. Their intense creative relationship, fuelled by a deep personal affinity that endured until Williams's death, lasted from 1947 until 1960. The production of A Streetcar Named Desire established Williams as America's greatest playwright and Kazan as its most important director; together they created some of the most influential theatrical events of the post-war era. In this book Brenda Murphy analyses this artistic partnership and the plays and theatrical techniques the artists developed collaboratively in their productions of A Streetcar Named Desire, Camino Real, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Sweet Bird of Youth. In addition, Murphy suggests alternative ways to examine the working relationship between playwright and director which can be applied to other practitioners in twentieth-century drama. The book contains numerous illustrations from important productions.