{"product_id":"late-plays-of-tennessee-williams","title":"Late Plays of Tennessee Williams","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraised as one of the finest American playwrights of the 20th century, Tennessee Williams left a legacy of theater classics, including \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Menagerie\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSweet Bird of Youth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCat on a Hot Tin Roof\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Streetcar Named Desire\u003c\/i\u003e. Though a winner of two Pulitzer prizes for drama, Williams fell out of favor in the early 1960s and after \u003ci\u003eThe Night of the Iguana\u003c\/i\u003e, his subsequent works suffered both critical and commercial failure. Even worse, several of his plays failed to get produced in his lifetime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Prosser directed six productions of Williams's plays, five of which the playwright saw, criticized, and quite often praised. In \u003ci\u003eThe Late Plays of Tennessee Williams\u003c\/i\u003e, Prosser reassesses the playwright's later works. Determined to liberate them from the literary purgatory to which they had been condemned by the critics, Prosser examines the works Williams produced from the early 1960s until the playwright's death in 1983. In several thoughtful essays, Prosser discusses such works as \u003ci\u003eThe Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlapstick Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKingdom of Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Red Devil Battery Sign\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eClothes For a Summer Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e, a portrait of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Besides offering reevaluations of these works, each chapter may be seen as research and analysis for potential productions. Throughout the book, Prosser contends that Williams' talent was not destroyed, but rather went on in different directions to produce extraordinary, if misunderstood, works.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scarecrow Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54262215082328,"sku":"9780810863613","price":92.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780810863613.jpg?v=1769720420","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/late-plays-of-tennessee-williams","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}