Tennessee Williams: A Portrait in Laughter and Lamentation

Rasky, Harry

ISBN 10: 0396087752 / ISBN 13: 9780396087755

Published by Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1986

About this Item

8vo, 148 pp. Fine copy in very good dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 102440

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tennessee Williams: A Portrait in Laughter and Lamentation
• Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Co., New York
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0396087752
• ISBN 13: 9780396087755
• Binding: hardcover
• Illustrator: Illus. with photos
• Edition: 2nd prt.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literary Biography

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Synopsis

This book, based on a documentary filmed over the period of a year on the streets of New Orleans and Key West, provides insights about Williams, his most famous characters, and the performances of the actors who played the roles

About the Author

Harry Rasky was one of Canada's most renowned documentary film makers. He was nominated for two Oscars and six Emmy Awards. The Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists awarded him the Lifetime Achievement Award. Rasky is also the author of Tennessee Williams: A Portrait in Laughter and Lamentation (Mosaic Press 1986, reprinted in 2000, ISBN 978-0-88962-703-7), and his autobiography, The Three Harrys, (Mosaic Press, 1999, ISBN 978-088962-700-2). Harry Rasky died in 2007 at the age of 78.