The very heart of my life

some analytic considerations about The two-character play, by Tennessee Williams

Autores

  • Maria Sílvia Betti USP - Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14506717

Palavras-chave:

Dramatization, Periodization, Criticism, Metatheater

Resumo

This essay gives an overview of Tennessee Williams’ career as a playwright, and briefly analyzes The two-character play as a work in which Tennessee purposely expresses the exhaustion of the standards that had made him famous.

Biografia do Autor

  • Maria Sílvia Betti, USP - Universidade de São Paulo

    Maria Sílvia Betti is a researcher, advisor and senior lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy, Literature and Human Sciences of the University of São Paulo, in the Graduate Program in Linguistic and Literary Studies in English. She is the organizer of the Oduvaldo Vianna Filho Collection for Editora Temporal. Her works include Oduvaldo Vianna Filho (Brazilian Artists Collection, Edusp/FAPESP, 1997) and Comparative Dramaturgy United States-Brazil. Three studies (Cia Fagulha, 2017).

Referências

GALTON, Bridget. Tennessee Williams’ experimental late play was ‘the heart of my life’. Ham & High, 14 jul. 2021. Available on: https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/things-to-do/21331679.tennessee-williams-experimental-late-play-the-heart-life/. Accessed on: 19 Dec. 2023.

HAMPSTEAD THEATRE. The two-character play cast announced. 10 jun. 2021. Available on: https://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/news/2021/june/the-two-character-play-cast-announced. Accessed on: 19 Dec. 2023.

TOLEDO, Luis Marcio Arnaut. Nem loucas, nem reprimidas: o confronto contracultural da mulher com o mainstream nas late plays de Tennessee Williams. São Paulo: Alameda, 2022.

WILLIAMS, Tennessee. The two-character play. New York: New Directions, 1979.

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Publicado

2024-12-17

Edição

v. 8 n. 2 (2024): Edição especial Tennessee Williams

Seção

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