Back La rosa tatuada Catalan Die tätowierte Rose German Τριαντάφυλλο στο στήθος Greek La rosa tatuada (obra de teatro) Spanish خالکوبی گل سرخ Persian La Rose tatouée French השושנה המקועקעת HE La rosa tatuata (dramma) Italian The Rose Tattoo (peça) Portuguese
| The Rose Tattoo | |
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 First edition cover (New Directions) | |
| Written by | Tennessee Williams |
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| Date premiered | 3 February 1951 |
| Place premiered | Martin Beck Theatre |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Drama |
| Setting | Gulf Coast village between New Orleans and Mobile |
The Rose Tattoo is a three-act play written by Tennessee Williams in 1949 and 1950; after its Chicago premiere on December 29, 1950, he made further revisions to the play for its Broadway premiere on February 2, 1951, and its publication by New Directions the following month. [1] A film adaptation was released in 1955. The Rose Tattoo tells the story of an Italian-American widow in Mississippi who has withdrawn from the world after her husband's death and expects her daughter to do the same.
The setting is a place in proximity to Biloxi. Jacob Adler stated that the story is disconnected from the culture of the Southern United States as the plot "has almost no Southern connections".[2]
- ^ [1] Williams, Tennessee. Plays 1937–1955. Mel Gussow and Kenneth Holditch, eds. New York: Library of America, 2000, p. 1033. ISBN 978-1-883011-86-4
- ^ Rea, p. 141.