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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.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire
• Author: Philip C. Kolin
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 252
• EAN: 9780521626101
• ISBN: 0521626102
• ID: 02038032
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 334 g
• Dimensions: 217 × 143 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 27. April 2000

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