The immediate post-war period marks a pivotal moment in the internationalization of American theatre when Tennessee Williams » plays became some of Broadway »s most critically acclaimed and financially lucrative exports. Dirk Gindt offers a detailed study of the production and reception of Williams » work on Swedish and French stages at the height of his popularity between 1945 and 1965. Analysing the national openings of seminal plays, including
The Glass Menagerie,
A Streetcar Named Desire,
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,
Orpheus Descending and
Suddenly Last Summer, Gindt provides rich and nuanced insights into Williams » transnational impact. In the process, he charts a network of fascinating and influential directors, actors, designers, producers and critics, all of whom left distinctive marks on mid-twentieth-century European theatre and culture. Gindt further demonstrates how Williams » work foregrounded cultural apprehensions, racial fantasies and sexual anxieties, which resulted in heated debates in the critical and popular media.
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