Back Plötzlich letzten Sommer German De repente, el último verano (obra de teatro) Spanish ناگهان تابستان گذشته Persian Soudain l'été dernier (pièce de théâtre) French Improvvisamente l'estate scorsa (opera teatrale) Italian Suddenly, Last Summer Latin
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| Suddenly Last Summer | |
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| Written by | Tennessee Williams |
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| Date premiered | January 7, 1958 |
| Place premiered | York Playhouse New York City, New York |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | Aging, greed, hypocrisy, sexual repression |
| Genre | Drama |
| Setting | room and garden of Mrs. Venable's mansion in the Garden District of New Orleans |
Suddenly Last Summer is a one-act play by Tennessee Williams, written in New York in 1957.[1] It opened off Broadway on January 7, 1958, as part of a double bill with another of Williams' one-acts, Something Unspoken (written in London in 1951).[2]: 52 The presentation of the two plays was given the overall title Garden District, but Suddenly Last Summer is now more often performed alone.[3] Williams said he thought the play "perhaps the most poetic" he had written,[2]: 86 and Harold Bloom ranks it among the best examples of the playwright's lyricism.[4]
- ^ Williams, Tennessee (2000). Gussow, Mel; Holditch, Kenneth (eds.). Plays 1957–1980. New York, NY: Library of America. p. 973. ISBN 1883011876.
- ^ a b Devlin, Albert J., ed. (1986). Conversations with Tennessee Williams. Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-0878052639.ISBN 0878052631
- ^ Kolin, Philip C., ed. (1998). Tennessee Williams: A Guide to Research and Performance. London, UK: Greenwood Publishing. pp. 132–133. ISBN 978-0313303067.
- ^ Bloom, Harold (2003). Introduction to Tennessee Williams. Bloom's Bio-Critique. Chelsea House. p. 3.