Five o'Clock Angel. Letters to Maria St.Just, 1948-1982.

ELIA KAZAN [FOREW]/JUST, MARIA ST. [COMMENT.]./MARLON BRANDO [EPITH.].

ISBN 10: 0233986863 / ISBN 13: 9780233986869

Published by London, Andre Deutsch Ltd. 1991, 1991

About this Item

Original publisher's purple cloth hardback, gilt lettering on purple label spine, pictorial dustjacket, thick 8vo: xx, 407pp., [3]pp., photographs, index, epithaph, credits. Untrimmed. Fine copy.

Seller Inventory # 185187

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Five o'Clock Angel. Letters to Maria St.Just, 1948-1982.
• Publisher: London, Andre Deutsch Ltd. 1991
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0233986863
• ISBN 13: 9780233986869
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

Hardcover. Jacket negligibly tanned at points. Content is clear throughout - a very good copy. Commentary by St. Just, with a preface by Elia Kazan, and Marlon Brando's epitaph at rear. TS

From Publishers Weekly

Tennessee Williams and Maria Britneva met in London in 1948 and remained close friends and correspondents until the former's death in 1983. The Russian emigre, later Lady St. Just, was someone he could confide in and laugh with. Few of her letters to him have survived, but hundreds of Williams's letters to her are printed here with her comments, recollections and diary entries. He discusses his plays and their characters, productions at home and abroad, travels, relatives, colleagues, lovers, friends--Claire Bloom, Marlon Brando, Carson McCullers, Anna Magnani, Anthony Quinn, Vanessa Redgrave and Gore Vidal among them--and also talks about his dependence on alcohol and drugs, his fears and satisfactions, depressions and passions. Williams, however, was not one of the great literary letter-writers, and this collection will likely appeal only to his enthusiasts. Photos.
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