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Here are portraits of American life during the Great Depression and after, populated by a hopelessly hopeful chorus girl, a munitions manufacturer ensnared in a love triangle, a rural family that deals justice on its children, an overconfident mob dandy, a poor couple who quarrel to vanquish despair, a young spinster enthralled by the impulse of rebellion, and, in The Magic Tower, a passionate artist and his wife whose youth and optimism are t eugh to protect their dream marriage. This new volume gathers some of Williams's most exuberant early work and includes one-acts that he would later expand to powerful full-length dramas: The Pretty Trap, a cheerful take on The Glass Menagerie, and Interior: Panic, a stunning precursor to A Streetcar Named Desire. The plays include: * At Liberty * The Magic Tower * Me, Vashya * Curtains for the Gentleman * In Our Profession * Every Twenty Minutes * Hor the Living * The Case of the Crushed Petunias * Moony's Kid Don't Cry * The Dark Room * The Pretty Trap * Interior: Panic * Kingdom of Earth * I Never Get Dressed Till After Dark on Sundays * Some Problems for The Moose Lodge

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PublisherNew Directions Publishing Corporation

ISBN-100811219208

ISBN-139780811219204

eBay Product ID (ePID)106781363

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Book TitleMagic Tower and Other One-Act Plays

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral, Literary, American / General

Publication Year2011

GenreDrama, Fiction

AuthorTennessee Williams

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight11.3 Oz

Item Length8.1 in

Item Width5.3 in

Height203mm

Width132mm

Weight320g

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Place of PublicationNew York

Foreword byTerrence Mcnally

Spine20mm

Country of PublicationUnited States

Edited byThomas Keith

Author BiographyTennessee Williams (1911-1983) is the acclaimed author of many books of letters, short stories, poems, essays, and a large collection of plays, including The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Camino Real, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Orpheus Descending, The Night of the Iguana, and The Rose Tattoo. Terrence McNally is the author of a dozen one-acts and over thirty full-length plays. He has been honored with four Tony Awards-for Love! Valour! Compassion!, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Master Class, and Ragtime-four Drama Desk Awards, two Obie Awards, and an Emmy. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1961, Thomas Keith is an editor, as well as production manager and art director, at New Directions Publishing. He lives in New York City.

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The Magic Tower and Other One-Act Plays by Tennessee Williams (Paperback, 2011)