Author: Williams, Tennessee
Title: The Rose Tattoo
Description: New York City, New Directions, 1951. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. xv, 144. 8vo. Bound in original rose/pink cloth with black spine lettering. Board edges rubbed. Binding tight. Contents unmarked. A very good copy. No dust jacket. Ill.: b&w photos. 'The Rose Tattoo' was first produced in Chicago on December 29, 1950, and had its Broadway opening on February 3, 1951. Amongst others, it starred Maureen Stapleton, Eli Wallach, Don Murray and Martin Balsam. The film adaption was released in 1955, starring Burt Lancaster and Anna Magnani. The play tells the story of an Italian-American widow in Mississippi who has allowed herself to withdraw from the world after her husband's death, and expects her daughter to do the same.

Keywords: Theater;;;;;;;; b&w photos


See more books from our catalog: Drama