{"product_id":"the-rose-tattoo-9780811218825","title":"The Rose Tattoo","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Rose Tattoo\u003c\/em\u003e is larger than life--a fable, a Greek tragedy, a comedy, a melodrama--it is a love letter from Tennessee Williams to anyone who has ever been in love or ever will be. Professional widow and dressmaker Serafina delle Rosa has withdrawn from the world, locking away her heart and her sixteen-year-old daughter Rosa. Then one day a man with the sexy body of her late Sicilian husband and the face of a village idiot, Mangiacavallo (Italian for \"eat a horse\"), stumbles into her life and clumsily unlocks Serafina's fiery anger, sense of betrayal, pride, wit, passion, and eventually her capacious love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The original production of \u003cem\u003eThe Rose Tattoo\u003c\/em\u003e won Tony Awards for best play and for the stars, Eli Wallach and Maureen Stapleton. Anna Magnani received the Academy Award as Best Actress for the 1955 film version.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Rose Tattoo\u003c\/em\u003e has an Introduction by playwright John Patrick Shanley, the author's original foreword, the one-act \u003cem\u003eThe Dog Enchanted by the Divine View\u003c\/em\u003e that was the germ for the play, and an essay by noted Tennessee Williams scholar Jack Barbera.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliams, Tennessee:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eTennessee Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e (1911-1983) is the acclaimed author of many books of letters, short stories, poems, essays, and a large collection of plays, including \u003cem\u003eThe Glass Menagerie\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Streetcar Named Desire\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCamino Real, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eCat on a Hot Tin Roof\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOrpheus Descending\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Night of the Iguana\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Rose Tattoo\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShanley, John Patrick:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Patrick Shanley\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eDoubt: A Parable\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize for best play of 2005, and several screenplays, including \u003cem\u003eMoonstruck\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Academy Award for best original screenplay.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50675055526162,"sku":"9780811218825","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_00146951-554f-4179-945c-f545d45e0727.jpg?v=1733870731","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-rose-tattoo-9780811218825","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}