| Description |
xvi, 313 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
New Directions paperbook ; 1143
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New Directions paperbook.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-292) and index. |
| Contents |
"Amor perdido" or How it feels to become a professional playwright -- Te morituri salutamus or An author's address to a first night audience -- Preface to my poems -- The history of a play (with parentheses) -- Notes to the reader -- The author tells why it is called The glass menagerie -- A playwright's statement on Dallas's Theatre '45 plans -- The catastrophe of success -- Chicago arrival -- Questions without answers -- "Something wild ..." -- Carson McCullers's Reflections in a golden eye -- A writer's quest for a Parnassus -- The timeless world of a play -- The meaning of The rose tattoo -- Facts about me -- Foreword to Camino Real -- Afterword to Camino Real -- Person-to-person -- Critic says "evasion," writer says "mystery" -- The past, the present, and the perhaps -- The world I live in -- Author and director : a delicate situation -- If the writing is honest -- Foreword to Sweet bird of youth -- The man in the overstuffed chair -- Reflections on a revival of a controversial fantasy -- Tennessee Williams presents his POV -- Prelude to a comedy -- Five fiery ladies -- Carson McCullers -- A summer of discovery -- The agent as catalyst -- T. Williams's view of T. Bankhead -- Grand -- Slapstick tragedy : a preface -- The wolf and I -- Happiness is relevant -- "Tennessee, never talk to an actress" -- We are dissenters now -- Too personal? -- Homage to Key West -- Let me hang it all out -- Where my head is now and other questions -- The blessings and mixed blessings of workshop productions -- I have rewritten a play for artistic purity -- I am widely regarded as the ghost of a writer -- The misunderstandings and fear of an artist's revolt -- |
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MISCELLANY: REVIEWS, INTRODUCTIONS, APPRECIATIONS, & PROGRAM NOTES -- A reply to Mr. Nathan -- An appreciation : the creator of The glass menagerie pays tribute to Laurette TayLor -- An appreciation of Hans Hofmann -- An allegory of man and his Sahara, a review -- A movie by Cocteau ..., a review -- The human psyche-alone, a review -- Notes on the filming of The rose tattoo -- A tribute from Tennessee Williams to "heroic Tallulah Bankhead" -- On meeting a young writer -- Concerning Eugene O'Neill -- Tennessee Williams talks about his play In the bar of a Tokyo hotel -- Notes for The two character play -- To William Inge : an homage -- W.H. Auden : a few reminiscences -- Foreword to Jane Bowles's Feminine wiles -- Program note for The red devil battery sign -- Foreword to Dakin Williams's The bar bizarre -- Homage to J. -- |
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JUVENILIA AND COLLEGE PAPERS -- Can a good wife be a good sport? -- High school travel articles. A day at the Olympics -- The tomb of the Capuchins -- A flight over London -- A night in Venice -- A trip to Monte Carlo -- The ruins of Pompeii -- A tour of the battle-fields of France -- A festival night in Paris -- The Almalfi drive and Sorrento -- The first day out -- College papers. Candida -- Review of two plays by John M. Synge -- Some representative plays of O'Neill and a discussion of his art -- Is Fives -- Birth of an art (Anton Chekhov and the new theatre) -- Comments on the nature of artists with a few specific references to the case of Edgar Allan Poe -- Afterword / John S. Bak. |
| Note |
Rev. and expanded ed. of: Where I live : selected essays. 1978. |
| Genre/Form |
Essays.
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Essays.
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| Added Author |
Bak, John S.
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Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983.
Where I live.
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| Added Title |
Essays. Selections https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008081364
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| ISBN |
9780811217286 paperback alkaline paper |
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0811217280 paperback alkaline paper |
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