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"The plays of Tennessee Williams' post-1961 period have often been misunderstood and dismissed. In light of Williams' centennial in 2011, which was marked internationally by productions and world premieres of his late plays, Annette J. Saddik's new reading of these works illuminates them in the context of what she terms a "theatre of excess," which seeks liberation through exaggeration, chaos, ambiguity, and laughter. Saddik explains why these plays are now gaining increasing acclaim, and analyz

Author

Annette J. Saddik

Publisher

Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781316248256

Subjects

Drama, Literary Fiction, History

Updated

2026-03-25