Tennessee Williams: Everyone Else Is an Audience

by Ronald Hayman

Book Overview

Few playwrights write as much of their lives into every work as did Tennessee Williams, and few had lives that were so obviously theatrical. Growing up amid abusive alcoholism, genteel posturing, and the incipient madness of his beloved sister, Rose, Williams produced plays in which violence exploded into rape, castration, and even cannibalism, projecting dramatic personal traumas. In this frank, compelling study, the distinguished biographer and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300054149
• ISBN13: 9780300054149
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

One of the Best Books on Tennessee Williams

It's a crime this book is so little known even by admirers of Tennessee Williams. Although published by an academic publishers, it's a straightforward biography, deeply researched and printed on excellent paper stock with many rare photographs. Mr. Williams' sad personal decline and personal shortcomings are not ignored but this clear-eyed book also celebrates the genius that he was. This is one of the best written accounts on the greatest playwright America has ever produced.