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Overview"Christmas 1982: Cornelius and Bella McCorkle of Pascagoula, Mississippi, return home one midnight in a thunderstorm from the Memphis funeral of their older son to a house and a life literally falling apart--daughter Joanie is in an insane asylum and their younger son Charlie is upstairs having sex with his pregnant, holy-roller girlfriend as the McCorkles enter. Cornelius, who has political ambitions and a litany of health problems, is trying to find a large amount of moonshine money his gentle wife Bella has hidden somewhere in their collapsing house, but his noisy efforts are disrupted by a stream of remarkable characters, both living and dead. While Williams often used drama to convey hope and desperation in human hearts, it was through this dark, expressionistic comedy, which he called a ""Southern gothic spook sonata,"" that he was best able to chronicle his vision of the fragile state of our world." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tennessee Williams , Gregory Mosher , Thomas KeithPublisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation Imprint: New Directions Publishing Corporation Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.145kg ISBN: 9780811217095ISBN 10: 0811217094 Pages: 128 Publication Date: 10 November 2009 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTennessee Williams (1911-1983) is the acclaimed author of many books of letters, short stories, poems, essays, and a large collection of plays, including The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Camino Real, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Orpheus Descending, The Night of the Iguana, and The Rose Tattoo. Gregory Mosher was the Artistic Director of the Goodman Theater in Chicago for seven years where he directed original plays by Beckett, Williams, Arthur Miller, and most of Mamet's early work. He directed an acclaimed Broadway revival of A Streetcar Named Desire starring Jessica Lange and Alec Baldwin, and was the Artistic Director of Lincoln Center Theater for seven years. Mosher currently serves as the Director of the Columbia University Arts Initiative. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1961, Thomas Keith is an editor, as well as production manager and art director, at New Directions Publishing. He lives in New York City. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |