Tennessee Williams in Sweden and France, 1945–1965

Cultural Translations, Sexual Anxieties and Racial Fantasies

Dirk Gindt (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2019
Methuen Drama (Verlag)
978-1-350-02207-2 (ISBN)

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The immediate post-war period marks a pivotal moment in the internationalization of American theatre when Tennessee Williams’ plays became some of Broadway’s most critically acclaimed and financially lucrative exports. Dirk Gindt offers a detailed study of the production and reception of Williams’ work on Swedish and French stages at the height of his popularity between 1945 and 1965. Analysing the national openings of seminal plays, including The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Orpheus Descending and Suddenly Last Summer, Gindt provides rich and nuanced insights into Williams’ transnational impact. In the process, he charts a network of fascinating and influential directors, actors, designers, producers and critics, all of whom left distinctive marks on mid-twentieth-century European theatre and culture. Gindt further demonstrates how Williams’ work foregrounded cultural apprehensions, racial fantasies and sexual anxieties, which resulted in heated debates in the critical and popular media.

Dirk Gindt is Professor in the Department of Culture and Aesthetics at Stockholm University. His research attends to post-war and contemporary queer theatre and performance from an international and intercultural perspective. He is the co-editor of Viral Dramaturgies: HIV and AIDS in Performance in the Twenty First Century (2018) and the author of over fifteen refereed articles and book chapters. His work has been published in Theatre Journal, Theatre Survey, Theatre Research in Canada, Journal of Canadian Studies, Nordic Theatre Studies, Journal of Homosexuality, Fashion Theory and The Tennessee Williams Annual Review. His current project critically analyses the impact of HIV and AIDS on theatre and performance in Sweden and Canada.

Acknowledgements

List of figures

Introduction: Cultural translations and patterns of migration

Chapter 1: Setting the stage: The Glass Menagerie

Chapter 2: Encounters with the Other: A Streetcar Named Desire

Chapter 3: Sinful sexualities and commercial triumphs: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Chapter 4: Fantasies of the Deep South: Orpheus Descending

Chapter 5: Critical watershed: Suddenly Last Summer

Epilogue

Appendix

Notes

References
About the Author
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	28.01.2019
Zusatzinfo	30 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	463 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-350-02207-1 / 1350022071
ISBN-13	978-1-350-02207-2 / 9781350022072
Zustand	Neuware