The Rose Tattoo and Other Plays

A wild, poetic, earthy and hilarious story of a womans bereavement and her sensual reawakening-Sunday Times on The Rose TattooIn these three exotic, steamy dramas Tennessee Williams portrays loss, faded lives and passionate love affairs. The Rose Tattoo is set in a bustling Sicilian-American community, where newly widowed Serafina is paralysed by grief. But when she has her romantic illusions about her dead husband shattered, she rediscovers her true nature as a fiery prima donna, in a life-affirming celebration of love and sex. Tennessee Williams explored a new wild and unrestricted theatrical form in Camino Real, a colourful tropical fantasy which was described by the New York Times as a play of genuinely poetic vision. Orpheus Descending, however, takes us into the familiar dark territory of Williamss Deep South: the corrupt hell of a small, brutal township, where a forbidden and tragic love affair sparks horrific violence.