{"product_id":"orpheus-descending-and-suddenly-last-summer-9780811219396","title":"Orpheus Descending and Suddenly Last Summer","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eOrpheus Descending\u003c\/em\u003e is a love story, a plea for spiritual and artistic freedom, as well as a portrait of racism and intolerance. When charismatic drifter Valentine Xavier arrives in a Mississippi Delta town with his guitar and snakeskin jacket, he becomes a trigger for hatred and a magnet for three outcast souls: storekeeper Lady Torrance, \"lewd vagrant\" Carol Cutrere, and religious visionary Vee Talbot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eSuddenly Last Summer\u003c\/em\u003e, described by its author as a \"short morality play,\" has become one of his most notorious works due in no small part to the film version starring Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, and Montgomery Clift that shocked audiences in 1959. A menacing tale of madness, jealousy, and denial, the horrors in \u003cem\u003eSuddenly Last Summer\u003c\/em\u003e build to a heart-stopping conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith perceptive new introductions by playwright Martin Sherman -- he reframes \u003cem\u003eOrpheus Descending\u003c\/em\u003e in a political context and explores the psychology and sensationalism surrounding \u003cem\u003eSuddenly Last Summer\u003c\/em\u003e -- this volume also offers Williams's related essay, \"The Past, the Present, and the Perhaps,\" and a chronology of the playwright's life and works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSherman, Martin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Dramatist Martin Sherman's plays have been produced in over 50 countries, and he has been nominated for two Tonys, two Oliviers, and two BAFTAS.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliams, Tennessee:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTennessee Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e (1911-1983) was America's most influential playwright. Readers have devoured his poetry, essays, short stories, and letters, as well as his fantastic late plays, his remarkable corpus of one-acts, and his greatest plays--\u003cem\u003eThe Glass Menagerie\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Streetcar Named Desire\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCat on a Hot Tin Roof\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Night of the Iguana\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Rose Tattoo\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSuddenly Last Summer\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCamino Real\u003c\/em\u003e. Williams is a cornerstone of New Directions--we publish everything he wrote. He is also our single bestselling author.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51807257788690,"sku":"9780811219396","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_886ee01f-5496-4337-b74f-73704469b59a.jpg?v=1766048310","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/orpheus-descending-and-suddenly-last-summer-9780811219396","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}