Synopsis
Tennessee Williams & Elia Kazan - A Collaboration in the Theatre
Published by Cambridge University Press
This is a study of the collaboration between Tennessee Williams and Elia Kazan
Their intense creative relationship, fuelled by a deep personal affinity that endured until Williams's death, lasted from 1947 until 1960
The production of A Streetcar Named Desire established Williams as America's greatest playwright and Kazan as its most important director
Together they created some of the most influential theatrical events of the post-war era
Brenda Murphy analyses this artistic partnership and the plays and theatrical techniques the artists developed collaboratively in their productions of A Streetcar Named Desire, Camino Real, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Sweet Bird of Youth
In addition, Murphy suggests alternative ways to examine the working relationship between playwright and director which can be applied to other practitioners in twentieth-century drama
The book contains numerous illustrations from important productions