Loneliness, sexual tension and the need for human kindness pervade these three plays by Tennessee Williams, as their characters rage against personal demons and the modern world. In "Sweet Bird of Youth", a drifter, Chance Wayne, returns to his home town with an ageing movie actress in search of the girl he loved in his youth, but with terrible, violent results. "Period of Adjustment" tells the story of two young newlyweds who visit the husband´s old army friend on Christmas Eve after unsuccessfully consummating their marriage, and unleash forbidden passion, while in "The Night of the Iguana" a diverse group of people, including a disturbed ex-minister and a troubled spinster, are thrown together in an isolated Mexican hotel for one eventful night.
Sweet Bird of Youth and Other Plays -
Tennessee Williams
Penguin Books
2009
304 páginas
10h 8m
ISBN-13: 9780141191089
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Thomas Lanier Williams
Tennessee Williams, pseudônimo de Thomas Lanier Williams, foi um dramaturgo estadunidense, ganhador de muitos prêmios. Williams foi o vencedor do Prêmio Pulitzer por <i>A Streetcar Named Desire</i> em 1948 e por <i>Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</i> em 1955. Suas peças <i>The Glass Menagerie</i> (1945) e <i>The Night of the Iguana</i> (1961) receberam o Prêmio New York Drama Critics' Circle. Sua peça <i>The Rose Tattoo</i>, de 1952, recebeu o Tony Award de melhor peça. Em 1980, foi presenteado com a Medalha Presidencial da Liberdade pelo presidente Jimmy Carter.
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