I was a teenager when I saw Cat..... his plays live forever... the first one I saw was Menagerie, when I was a child, in Panama.... a few years ago our little theater did Desire,. and the power was still there...
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Williams, who admired Anton Chekhov so very much, is called by the Russians "The American Chekhov". That would have pleased him right down to the ground. Every night in a major Russian city, some Williams play is being performed. His later plays--the commercial and critical flops--are especially valued. To modern eyes, they seem quite contemporary. After the 1960's, Williams desired to get out of the box of the "proscenium arch" theater (where he ruled like a king) and dwell among the souls in the audience. He particularly admired the new work of Harold Pinter. Williams later plays were just a generation ahead of their time. The critics (mostly dwelling in the depths of the closet themselves) savaged Tennessee for the painful, beautiful honesty in his work and in his life. Where are they now? Who knows their names?
"the cities swept about me like dead leaves, leaves that were brightly colored but torn away from the branches. i would have stopped, but i was pursued by something. it always came upon me unawares, taking me altogether by surprise. perhaps it was a familiar bit of music. perhaps it was only a piece of transparent glass.”
'Small Craft Warnings' and 'Clothes For A Summer Hotel' were great plays. TW was dissed and put down not because his talent failed him but because he had enemies.
I wish I could say "Clothes" was a great play. I saw it at its Broadway run. I wanted to love it, but it seemed confused and incoherent. Perhaps in subsequent editions it was reworked. But even his late short stories don't compare to earlier ones. And I say this because I love TW's work.
Dixie Burge you're tight, the entire bio is AMAZING! 🌹🌹🌹 Tennessee was not a perfect man, but held brilliant talent and there isn't many like him left, seems when all the glitz and glamour started to disappear so did the creative ones! I'd love to watch the entire thing again, I hope I'll find it. If indeed I do I'll come back and post you the link! 🌹🌹🌹
Probably hes one of a minority that did survive a night in a hotel. I say that but i'd still take the risk because i like hotels, although not all of them.
Tennessee Williams was the best playwright that THIS country will ever know.
I was a teenager when I saw Cat.....
his plays live forever...
the first one I saw was Menagerie, when I was a child, in Panama....
a few years ago our little theater did Desire,.
and the power was still there...
Love and admire Tennessee Williams so much.
Deep humanistic insight he had and quite handsome, a poetic soul
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@Jack Justice Instablaster :)
Williams, who admired Anton Chekhov so very much, is called by the Russians "The American Chekhov". That would have pleased him right down to the ground. Every night in a major Russian city, some Williams play is being performed. His later plays--the commercial and critical flops--are especially valued. To modern eyes, they seem quite contemporary. After the 1960's, Williams desired to get out of the box of the "proscenium arch" theater (where he ruled like a king) and dwell among the souls in the audience. He particularly admired the new work of Harold Pinter. Williams later plays were just a generation ahead of their time. The critics (mostly dwelling in the depths of the closet themselves) savaged Tennessee for the painful, beautiful honesty in his work and in his life. Where are they now? Who knows their names?
Tim Irish
Pinter and Beckett had made his work redundant, and he knew it.
God bless your soul Tennessee.....the poet of the theatre.
TW could have just retired from all n lived happily ever after. RIP.
Very touching; lovely; thank you for this--!
this doc. is so beautiful and touching, especially his brother Dakin's words, so true
"the cities swept about me like dead leaves, leaves that were brightly colored but torn away from the branches. i would have stopped, but i was pursued by something. it always came upon me unawares, taking me altogether by surprise. perhaps it was a familiar bit of music. perhaps it was only a piece of transparent glass.”
I am impressed by his brother's obvious love and respect for him...I wonder if T knew of that?
Such suffering in a soul resplendent ~
@constance/ What a lyrical expression!
Is there anyone aware of Mickey Dunnigan, Tennessee's Personal Secretary during this time ?
'Small Craft Warnings' and 'Clothes For A Summer Hotel' were great plays. TW was dissed and put down not because his talent failed him but because he had enemies.
Johnny Pastrana
And because his plays got worse as his brain got more and more pickled.
I wish I could say "Clothes" was a great play. I saw it at its Broadway run. I wanted to love it, but it seemed confused and incoherent. Perhaps in subsequent editions it was reworked. But even his late short stories don't compare to earlier ones. And I say this because I love TW's work.
Beautiful man.
This is just the end of his biography. Where's the first part?
what about the great ones before 1961!,?.?
This couldn't have been the whole bio, right?
Dixie Burge you're tight, the entire bio is AMAZING!
🌹🌹🌹 Tennessee was not a perfect man, but held brilliant talent and there isn't many like him left, seems when all the glitz and glamour started to disappear so did the creative ones!
I'd love to watch the entire thing again, I hope I'll find it. If indeed I do I'll come back and post you the link! 🌹🌹🌹
Probably hes one of a minority that did survive a night in a hotel. I say that but i'd still take the risk because i like hotels, although not all of them.