Reviews
Within his early one-acts there are intriguing prototypes of charactersand seeds of ideas Williams developed more fully in his later, largerdramas., Reading these plays of the very young Tennessee, then of the successful Tennessee Williams, and finally of the troubled man of the 1970s he had become, we are offered a panoramic yet detailed view of the themes, the demons, and the wit of this iconic playwright., Williams was always confronting the future; a shaman with a typewriter, he dug into the darkest depths of the American psyche in search of dramatic truths., Just as young painters make their stabs at impressionism and cubism, in his early one-acts Williams tried his hand with political satire, expressionism, social realism, and even drawing-room comedy., The Peak of My Virtuosity Was in the One-Act Plays. Some of Which Are like Firecrackers in a Rope., Just as young painters make their stabs at impressionism and cubism, inhis early one-acts Williams tried his hand with political satire, expressionism, social realism, and even drawing-room comedy., Within his early one-acts there are intriguing prototypes of characters and seeds of ideas Williams developed more fully in his later, larger dramas.
