La rosa tatuata

The Rose Tattoo Tennessee Williams is most often remembered as a lyrical writer of tragedy and lurid violence and as the author of three classic plays: "The Glass Menagerie", "A Streetcar Named Desire", and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". Williams wrote many other plays in different styles. Among the best o Leggi tutto

Highway signs: "Slippery When Wet." ~~ "Truck Drivers in Rear." You may know a lot or a little about Blanche, Alma, Maggie, Maxine, Laura, Stella, Amanda, The Princess and Myrtle...but few can recall the big Sicilian peasant, Serafina Delle Rose -- the first 10 Williams heroine who isn't repressed in Leggi tutto

This one was a real clunker. I thought the structure was clumsy, the characters both ugly and uninteresting, and the plot veered on silliness. This is one I'm actually glad that I didn't see on stage, because I'm afraid that it would tend to be even worse when performed. I've never read a play that

"The Rose Tattoo" is not one of Tennessee Williams better plays, probably because it is a comedy of sorts written by an author known more for his dramatic works. He continues with his mastery of the female lead portrayal, however. Serafina is a widow living on the Gulf Coast with her fifteen year ol Leggi tutto

An article told me that this play is a rom-com? Did those words mean different things in the 50's?

Ο σπουδαίος Tennessee Williams, οπωσδήποτε ο αγαπημένος μου σύγχρονος θεατρικός συγγραφέας, γράφει εδώ μια τραγικωμωδία. Δηλαδή ένα έργο με κωμικό περίβλημα αλλά τραγική βάση. Και το κάνει εξαιρετικά, και κυρίως με ΜΕΤΡΟ, χωρίς υπερβολές στην υπερβολή των ρόλων, όσο κιαν τούτο ακούγεται κάπως περίερ Leggi tutto

I read this play in preparation for seeing it on Broadway with a terrific actress in the lead, Marisa Tomei (of My Cousin Vinny fame). Williams tells the story of a Sicilian woman in the deep South...I found this very realistic very in term of her ethnic background. Maybe a little repetitious, but v Leggi tutto