Suddenly Last Summer (Masterplots II: Drama)
At a glance:
- Author: Tennessee Williams
- First Published: 1958
- Type of Work: Mythic expressionism
- Time of Work: The mid-twentieth century
- Setting: New Orleans, Louisiana
- Principal Characters: Violet Venable, Catharine Holly, Dr. Cukrowicz
- Genres: Drama
- Subjects: Values
- Locales: New Orleans, LA
The Play
Tennessee Williams’ Suddenly Last Summer is set in a Victorian Gothic mansion in New Orleans’ Garden District. The mansion surrounds an exotic garden filled with “violent” colors and “massive tree-flowers that suggest organs of a body, torn out, still glistening with undried blood.” This garden was the late Sebastian Venable’s creation, and it is of central importance in the play. Wild noises, thrashings, and hissing sounds emanate from it at certain points during the play, underscoring the strange story which unfolds. Williams specifies that the...
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