02566cam a2200385 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000170007802000190009502000150011404000280012904100080015704200080016504300120017305000260018508200120021110000230022324500680024625000350031426400530034930000450040233600210044733700250046833800230049350400670051650502220058352011580080560000370196360000380200065000510203865000470208965000440213618190358BJBSDDR20250203164616.0ta140617s2015    nyua     b    001 0beng    a  2014022281  a9780393351651   a0393351653  aDLCbengcDLCerdadDLC  aeng  apcc  an-us---14aB PS 3545bW727L 201500a812/.541 aLahr, John,d1941-10aTennessee Williams :bmad pilgrimage of the flesh /cJohn Lahr.  aFirst Norton paperback edition 1aNew York : bW. W. Norton & Company, Inc.,c2015  axv, 765 pages :billustrations ;c21 cm.  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and (pages 725-730) index.0 aBlood-hot and personal -- The heart can't wait -- The erotics of absence -- Fugitive mind -- Thunder of disintegration -- Beanstalk country -- Kookhood -- Waving and drowning -- The long farewell -- The sudden subway.  aHere, celebrated drama critic John Lahr gives intimate access to the mind of one of the most brilliant dramatists of his century, whose plays reshaped the American theater and the nation's sense of itself. This astute, deeply researched biography sheds light on Williams's warring family, his guilt, his creative triumphs and failures, his sexuality and numerous affairs, his misreported death, even the shenanigans surrounding his estate. With vivid cameos of the formative influences in Williams's life, this book is as much a biography of the man as it is a trenchant exploration of his plays and the tortured process of bringing them to stage and screen. Lahr explores how Williams's relationships informed his work and how the resulting success brought turmoil to his personal life. Lahr captures not just his tempestuous public persona but also his backstage life, where his agent Audrey Wood and the director Elia Kazan play major roles, and Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Bette Davis, Maureen Stapleton, Diana Barrymore, and Tallulah Bankhead have scintillating walk-on parts. This is a theater biography like no other.--From publisher description10aWilliams, Tennessee,d1911-1983.14aWilliams, Tennessee, d1911-1983  0aDramatists, Americany20th centuryvBiography. 4aDramaturgos estadounidenses vBiografías 4aAutores estadounidenses vBiografías