02704cam a2200421 i 4500 18190358 BJBSDDR 20250203164616.0 ta 140617s2015 nyua b 001 0beng 2014022281 9780393351651 0393351653 DLC eng DLC rda DLC eng pcc n-us--- B PS 3545 W727L 2015 812/.54 Lahr, John, 1941- 40048 Tennessee Williams : mad pilgrimage of the flesh / John Lahr. First Norton paperback edition New York : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2015 xv, 765 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and (pages 725-730) index. Blood-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. Here, 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 description Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 40422 Dramatists, American 20th century Biography. Dramaturgos estadounidenses Biografías 40423 Autores estadounidenses Biografías 32771 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 122623 122623 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2025-01-15 0 B PS 3545 W727L 2015 00000186873 2025-01-15 00:00:00 1 2025-01-15 BK