![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There are plenty of backstage stories that can amuse or shock, but this biography gave me much pleasure mainly because of its concentration on telling how each work was written and produced it places each work in the context not only of the life of Williams but also in that of the contemporary culture. Like Allen Shawn, Lahr takes the line that the work is an important and central aspect of and also reflection of the life. John Lahr is a respected critic and biographer and in his latest book, a definitive life of Tennessee Williams, he has outdone himself in giving us a completely readable and somewhat provocative re-telling of a story that is almost as bizarre as any of the Williams plays and just as compelling. ![]()
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