A Student Handbook to the Plays of Tennessee Williams : the Glass Menagerie ; A Streetcar Named Desire ; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ; Sweet Bird of Youth. by Bottoms, Stephen J., Hern, Patricia, Hooper, Michael S. D., 1965-, Kolin, Philip C., Weiss, Katherine

Table of Contents: “…Cover; HalfTitle; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chronology of Tennessee Williams; The Glass Menagerie; Plot; Commentary; Notes; Questions for Further Study; A Streetcar Named Desire; Plot; Commentary; Notes; Questions for Further Study; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Plot; Commentary; Notes; Questions for Further Study; Sweet Bird of Youth; Plot; Commentary; Notes; Questions for Further Study; Further Questions on Williams's Plays; Further Reading.…”
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Great directors at work : Stanislavsky, Brecht, Kazan, Brook by Jones, David Richard

Table of Contents: “…Konstantin Stanislavsky and The seagull : the paper stage -- Bertolt Brecht and Couragemodell 1949 : meaning in detail -- Elia Kazan and A streetcar named Desire : a director at work -- Peter Brook and Marat/Sade : workshop and production.…”
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The dame in the kimono : Hollywood, censorship, and the production code by Leff, Leonard J., Simmons, Jerold, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…-- Dead end -- Gone with the wind -- The outlaw and The postman always rings twice -- The bicycle thief -- Detective story and A streetcar named Desire -- The moon is blue and The French line -- Lolita -- Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? …”
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Mimetic Disillusion : Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, and U.S. Dramatic Realism. by Fleche, Anne

Table of Contents: “…The Glass Menagerie: Loss and Space; 5. A Streetcar Named Desire: Spatial Violation and Sexual Violence; Afterword; Notes; References; Index.…”
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Great romances of the 20th century. Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh

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The Name and Nature of Tragicomedy. by Foster, Verna A.

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- General Editors' Preface -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Name of Tragicomedy: Problems of Identity -- 2 Early English Tragicomedy: From Providential Design to Metatheatre -- 3 Shakespearean Tragicomedy -- Measure for Measure: The Duke's Problem Play versus Shakespeare's Tragicomedy -- The Winter's Tale: Tragicomedy of Wonder -- 4 The Tragicomedy of Sexuality and Surprise: Beaumont and Fletcher, and Massinger -- Sexuality and Tragicomic Genre in the Plays of Fletcher -- The Moral Tragicomedy of Massinger -- 5 Tragicomedy in Transition -- 6 Modern Tragicomedy I: Tragicomedy and Realism -- Ibsen: The Wild Duck -- Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard -- Synge: The Playboy of the Western World -- O'Casey: Juno and the Paycock -- Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire -- 7 Modern Tragicomedy II: Metatheatre and the Absurd -- Beckett: Waiting for Godot -- Ionesco: The Chairs and The Killer -- Pinter: The Caretaker and No Man's Land -- Conclusion: The Nature of Tragicomedy -- Select Bibliography -- Index.…”
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My friend Tom : the poet-playwright Tennessee Williams by Smith, William Jay, 1918-2015

Table of Contents: “…Louis, 1935 1940 -- Battle of angels: Boston, 1940 -- The glass menagerie: New York, 1946 -- The poet, lyric and dramatic -- A streetcar named desire: New York, 1947 -- Williams and Frank Merlo: Florence, 1949 -- With Williams at a performance of America hurrah by Jean- Claude van Itallie: New York, 1966 -- Reading of Williams at Lynchburg College: Virginia, 1979 -- Clothes for a summer hotel: New York, March 26, 1980 -- Award of Medal of Freedom to Williams by President Carter: The White House, June 9, 1980 -- Death of Tennessee Williams: New York, February 24, 1983.…”
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The Book of Broadway by Grode, Eric

Table of Contents: “…The sound of musicsouth pacific; spring awakening; a streetcar named desire; the student prince in heidelberg; sweeney todd; the time of your life; tobacco road; torch song trilogy; a trip to chinatown; uncle tom's cabin; very good eddie; waiting for godot; waiting for lefty; watch your step; west side story; who's afraid of virginia woolf?…”
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Broadway master class. Producers. 1. A master class with Stephen Byrd & Alia Jones-Harvey

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TNT The New Theatre by Stebbings, Paul, Smith, Phil, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Writing for TNT -- The Writing Process -- Chapter Eight: 'The Murder of Sherlock Holmes', 'Frankenstein', and 'Dracula and the Eco-Warrior' -- Chapter Nine: La Belle France -- Young Audiences -- Popular Theatre -- Chapter Ten: 'Oliver Twist', 'Lord of the Flies' and 'Gulliver's Travels' -- Actor Training -- The Elephant in the Room -- Chapter Eleven: 'A Streetcar Named Desire', 'The Crucible', 'Death of a Salesman' and 'Pygmalion' -- Chapter Twelve: China -- Failure -- Directing Theatre -- Chapter Thirteen: Latin America -- Actors and Spies -- Chapter Fourteen: TNT and Islam -- Comedy -- The Gulf…”
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Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater : 1930-2010 by Fisher, James, 1950-

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Identity processes and dynamics in multi-ethnic Europe by Westin, Charles

Table of Contents: “…Jews in the Netherlands and their various ties with Judaism; 3. A streetcar named desire: lifestyle and identity of street kids in multi-ethnic Rotterdam; 4. …”
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Magical muse : millennial essays on Tennessee Williams

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Women, Method Acting, and the Hollywood Film by Walsh, Keri

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Modern American drama on screen

Table of Contents: “…Barton Palmer -- Elia Kazan's A streetcar named desire / by William Robert Bray -- Come back, little scopophile: William Inge, Daniel Mann, and cinematic voyeurism / by John S. …”
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American theatre : a chronicle of comedy and drama, 1930-1969 by Bordman, Gerald Martin

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Jackson Pollock by Toynton, Evelyn, 1950-

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Jackson Pollock by Toynton, Evelyn, 1950-

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André Previn : the kindness of strangers

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100 greatest film scores by Lawson, Matt, MacDonald, Laurence E.

Table of Contents: “…Louis -- Star trek, the motion picture -- Star wars -- A streetcar named desire -- Sunset Blvd. -- Superman -- The third man -- Titanic -- To kill a mockingbird -- Tom Jones -- Unbreakable -- Up -- Vertigo -- Appendix A. …”
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Tennessee Williams and Europe : intercultural encounters, transatlantic exchanges

Table of Contents: “…Williams and Bergman, Lust and Death: Culturally Translating A Streetcar Named Desire in Post-war Sweden Tennessee Williams'' Ladies Speak Italian: Cinematic Voices on Stage and in Dubbing; Sea, Sun and ""Quien Sabe!""…”
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Never coming to a theater near you : a celebration of a certain kind of movie by Turan, Kenneth

Table of Contents: “…English Language Films -- The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert -- Bhaji on the Beach -- Birthday Girl -- Bloody Sunday -- Bottle Rocket -- The Commitments -- Croupier -- Dead Man Walking -- Deconstructing Harry -- The Deep End -- Devil in a Blue Dress -- Dirty Pretty Things -- Election -- Flirting with Disaster -- Fly Away Home -- Groundhog Day -- Heavenly Creatures -- High Fidelity -- Hilary and Jackie -- The Iron Giant -- Jesus' Son -- Land and Freedom -- Last Orders -- Last Resort -- Lawless Heart -- Laws of Gravity -- Living in Oblivion -- Love and Death on Long Island -- Lovely & Amazing -- Love Serenade -- The Madness of King George -- Manny & Lo -- Muriel's Wedding -- My Son the Fanatic -- Naked -- Next Stop Wonderland -- Out of Sight -- Persuasion -- Pipe Dream -- Pollock -- Proof -- The Quiet American -- Ratcatcher -- Richard III -- Ronin -- Safe -- Searching for Bobby Fischer -- The Secret of Roan Inish -- Secrets & Lies -- Sexy Beast -- The Snapper -- A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries -- State and Main -- The Station Agent -- Strictly Ballroom -- Sweet Sixteen -- Thirty Two Short Films about Glenn Gould -- This Boy's Life -- To Die For -- 12 Monkeys -- Ulee's Gold -- Unstrung Heroes -- Vanya on 42nd Street -- Wag the Dog -- Waiting for Guffman -- Waking Ned Devine -- The Waterdance -- Whale Rider -- Wonder Boys -- You Can Count on Me -- Zoolander -- Foreign Language Films -- After Life -- Aimee & Jaguar -- Un Air de Famille -- Autumn Tale -- The Blue Kite -- Celebration -- The Circle -- Un Coeur en Hiver -- Cronos -- Cure -- The Dinner Game -- Divided We Fall -- The Dreamlife of Angels -- Dry Cleaning -- Eat Drink Man Woman -- The Fast Runner -- How I Killed My Father -- Intacto -- In the Mood for Love -- Italian for Beginners -- Lamerica -- Leolo -- Lumumba -- Ma Vie en Rose -- Monsoon Wedding -- Nowhere in Africa -- Prisoner of the Mountains -- La Promesse -- Read My Lips -- Red -- Russian Ark -- A Self-Made Hero -- A Single Girl -- Spirited Away -- The Terrorist -- Time of Favor -- Time Out -- Tito and Me -- Together -- The Town Is Quiet -- The Vertical Ray of the Sun -- Y Tu Mama Tambien -- Yi Yi -- Documentaries -- Black Harvest -- Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary -- Bus 174 -- The Cockettes -- Crumb -- Dark Days -- The Decline of Western Civilization, Part III -- East Side Story -- Fast, Cheap & Out of Control -- Freedom on My Mind -- Genghis Blues -- Licensed to Kill -- Lost in La Mancha -- One Day in September -- Rivers and Tides -- The Saltmen of Tibet -- Speaking in Strings -- Spellbound -- Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey -- When We Were Kings -- Classics -- Beauty and the Beast -- Das Boot -- Decalogue -- Eyes Without a Face -- Once upon a Time in America -- Peeping Tom -- Pepe Le Moko -- A Streetcar Named Desire -- The Third Man -- Touch of Evil -- Vertigo -- The Wild Bunch -- Retrospectives -- Jacques Becker and Robert Bresson -- Frank Borzage -- Anthony Mann -- Jean-Pierre Melville -- Max Ophuls -- Edgar G. …”
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100 greatest American plays

Table of Contents: “…Richard Nash ; A raisin in the sun (1959) by Lorraine Hansberry ; Rip Van Winkle (1866) by Dion Boucicault and Joseph Jefferson ; The show-off (1924) by George Kelly ; Six degrees of separation (1990) by John Guare ; The skin of our teeth (1942) by Thornton Wilder ; A soldier's play (1981) by Charles Fuller ; Steel magnolias (1987) by Robert Harling ; Streamers (1976) by David Rabe ; Street scene (1929) by Elmer Rice ; A streetcar named Desire (1947) by Tennessee Williams ; Take me out (2003) by Richard Greenberg ; Talley's folly (1979) by Lanfrod Wilson ; Ten nights in a barroom (1858) by William W. …”
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