Drawn to Life (Paperback)

Mark Cave

ISBN 10: 0917860586 / ISBN 13: 9780917860584

Published by Historic New Orleans Collection,U.S., 2010

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Paperback. No other artist so thoroughly documented Tennessee Williams in the playwright's own lifetime. Like Williams, Hirschfeld was unconstrained by reality, merging literal details with the playwright's poetic vision. His contribution, Hirschfeld said, was to take the character and reinvent it for the reader. He created a fascinating archive of Williams's career, one that gives viewers, then and now, a real sense of the performance and personality of the actors who inhabited these roles. Contains 30 color images, 50 black-and-white images Published in 2011 to commemorate the centennial of Tennessee Williams's birth, Drawn to Life covers the six decades in which Al Hirschfeld drew almost all of Tennessee Williams's productions, on and off Broadway, as well as two film adaptations, including his landmark series of works based on the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Drawn to Life (Paperback)
• Publisher: Historic New Orleans Collection,U.S.
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0917860586
• ISBN 13: 9780917860584
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

"Presents artist Al Hirschfeld's original ink drawings documenting the plays of Tennessee Williams and the cast of actors who performed his works. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of Hirschfeld's drawings at The Historic New Orleans Collection in the spring of 2011"--Provided by publisher.