Tennessee Williams and the Theatre of Excess

Auteur: Saddik, Annette J. (City University of New York)
Editeur: Cambridge University Press
Saddik explores Williams' later plays (1961-82) in the context of what she terms a 'theatre of excess', which seeks liberation through exaggeration, chaos, ambiguity, and laughter. Grounding the plays in the carnivalesque, the grotesque, and psychoanalytic, feminist, and queer theory, Saddik analyzes recent productions that successfully captured the playwright's late aesthetic.

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Saddik explores Williams' later plays (1961-82) in the context of what she terms a 'theatre of excess', which seeks liberation through exaggeration, chaos, ambiguity, and laughter. Grounding the plays in the carnivalesque, the grotesque, and psychoanalytic, feminist, and queer theory, Saddik analyzes recent productions that successfully captured the playwright's late aesthetic.
ISBN / EAN 9781107076686
Auteur Saddik, Annette J. (City University of New York)
Editeur Cambridge University Press