Book contents
- Tennessee Williams and the Theatre of Excess
- Tennessee Williams and the Theatre of Excess
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: “Sicker than necessary”
- Chapter 1 “Drowned in Rabelaisian laughter”
- Chapter 2 “Benevolent anarchy”
- Chapter 3 “Writing calls for discipline!”
- Chapter 4 “Act naturally”
- Chapter 5 “There’s something not natural here”
- Chapter 6 “All drama is about being extreme”
- Conclusion
- Select bibliography
- Index
Conclusion
“The only thing to do is laugh”
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2015
- Tennessee Williams and the Theatre of Excess
- Tennessee Williams and the Theatre of Excess
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: “Sicker than necessary”
- Chapter 1 “Drowned in Rabelaisian laughter”
- Chapter 2 “Benevolent anarchy”
- Chapter 3 “Writing calls for discipline!”
- Chapter 4 “Act naturally”
- Chapter 5 “There’s something not natural here”
- Chapter 6 “All drama is about being extreme”
- Conclusion
- Select bibliography
- Index
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- Tennessee Williams and the Theatre of ExcessThe Strange, the Crazed, the Queer, pp. 161 - 163Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015