Franklin Library: TENNESSEE WILLIAMS: PLAYS: STREETCAR: GLASS MENAGERIE: CAMINO

Description: Franklin Library leather edition of Tennessee Williams's "Selected Plays," Illustrated by Jerry Pickney, a Limited edition, one of the 100 GREATEST MASTERPIECES OF AMERICAN LITERATURE series, published in 1977. Bound in burgundy leather, the book has a satin book marker, hubbed spine, acid-free paper, Symth-sewn binding, gold gilding on three edges---in near FINE condition. The seven plays included in this volume include: "The Glass Menagerie," "A Streetcar Named Desire," "The Rose Tattoo," "Camino Real," "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "Sweet Bird of Youth," and "The Night of the Iguana." Thomas Lanier Williams, who lived from 1914-1983, was born in Columbus, Mississippi. During the winter of 1944–45, his "memory play" THE GLASS MENAGERIE was successfully produced in Chicago. The play moved to New York where it became an instant and enormous hit during its long Broadway run. The play is the story of a young Tom Wingfield, his disabled sister, Laura, and their controlling mother Amanda, who tries to make a match between Laura and a gentleman caller. "The Glass Menagerie" won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for best play of the season. The huge success of his next play, "A Streetcar Named Desire," in 1947 secured his reputation as a great playwright. Between 1948 and 1959 seven of his plays were performed on Broadway: SUMMER AND SMOKE (1948), THE ROSE TATTOO (1951), CAMINO REAL (1953), CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (1955), ORPHEUS DESCENDING (1957), GARDEN DISTRICT (1958), and SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH (1959). By 1959 he had earned two Pulitzer Prizes, three New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards, three Donaldson Awards, and a Tony Award. In 1979, four years before his death, he was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. 665 pages. I offer Combined shipping.

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