Tennessee Williams

A beautiful clothbound edition of a beloved classic to celebrate the 100th birthday of America s greatest playwright, with a sweeping new introduction by Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner.

Brick, an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. His reunion with his father, Big Daddy, who is dying of cancer, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

From the renowned American playwright Tennessee Williams, a glimpse of college life on the eve of graduation.It's the last day of the academic year, and the students of a small, mid-western university are preparing for a bacchanalian celebration called Crazy Night. Our chaperone for the evening is Phil, a freshman on the verge of flunking out, who roves the fraternities in search of beer, women, and the meaning of life. It's just after the Great Crash,...

Contains "Summer and Smoke," the story of two ill-starred lovers; "Orpheus Descending," the drama of a wandering guitar player and the storekeeper's wife he loves; "Suddenly Last Summer," which tells of a corrupt man and his beautiful victim; and "Period of Adjustment," the story of two young couples on the battlefield of marriage.

A strong willed woman attempts to impose her shattered dreams into the life and personality of her shy, reclusive daughter.

"The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone is vintage Tennessee Williams. Published in 1950, his first novel was acclaimed by Gore Vidal as "splendidly written, precise, short, complete, and fine." It is the story of a wealthy, fiftyish American widow recently a famous stage beauty, but now "drifting." The novel opens soon after her husband's death and her retirement from the theatre, as Mrs. Stone tries to adjust to her aimless new life in Rome. She is adjusting,...