Tennessee Williams
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Amanda, a faded southern belle, abandoned wife, and dominating mother, hopes to match her daughter Laura with an eligible "gentleman caller" while her son Tom supports the family. Laura, lame and painfully shy, evades her mother's schemes and reality by retreating to the make-believe world of her glass animal collection. Tom eventually leaves home to become a writer but is forever haunted by the memory of Laura.
Author
Series
Library of America volume 120
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Author
Series
New Directions paperbook volume 483
Publisher
Published for J. Laughlin by New Directions Pub. Corp
Pub. Date
1979.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
New Directions
Pub. Date
1962.
Language
English
Description
A rather rustic and very bohemian hotel in Mexico is the scene where, in 1940, several bizarre groups meet: Shannon, a defrocked Episcopal priest; Hannah, virginal and artistic; Maxine, the unbuttoned and recently widowed proprietress of the hotel; and more.
10) Memoirs
Author
Series
New Directions paperbook volume 1048
Publisher
New Directions
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures Corp
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Alva Starr is the town's reigning beauty and leading flirt. Owen Legate has stopped by to make the town of Dodson, Mississippi, sleepier by laying off most of the town's railroad workers. Naturally, Alva and Owen fall in love but fate meets its match in Alva's mother, a jealous boyfriend, and a town full of angry railroad men.
13) Dragon country
Series
Publisher
Broadway Theatre Archive
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Language
English
Description
Two plays by Tennessee Williams televised together as "Dragon country, " both concerning psychological pain and alienation.
Series
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Beautiful Catherine Holly is committed to a mental institution after witnessing the horrible death of her cousin at the hands of cannibals. Her rich aunt tries to influence a young neurosurgeon to surgically end Catherine's haunting hallucinations. By utilizing injections of truth serum, the neurosurgeon discovers that Catherine's delusions are in fact true and must confront the rich aunt about her own involvement in her son's violent death.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Chance Wayne returns to his southern home with faded, alcoholic movie star Alexandra Del Lago. He hopes to capitalize on her fame but is regarded by others as a cheap hustler who is not welcome back in town, especially by the father of his previous girlfriend.
Publisher
FoxVideo/CBS Video
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
A completely uncensored adaptation that presents Tennessee Williams' play with all its original power and emotional impact. From the moment Blanche DuBois meets her brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski, her false refinement and desperate face-saving lies put her on an explosive collision course with his primal physicality.
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Valentine Xavier leaves the entertainment world in New Orleans after he has one too many encounters with the law. A rainstorm leaves him stranded in a small town, where his past comes back to haunt him and he attracts two women.