The plays of Tennessee Williams post-1961 period have often been misunderstood and dismissed. In light of Williams centennial in 2011; which was marked internationally by productions and world premieres of his late plays; Annette J. Saddiks new reading of these works illuminates them in the context of what she terms a theatre of excess; which seeks liberation through exaggeration; chaos; ambiguity; and laughter. Saddik explains why they are now gaining increasing acclaim; and analyzes recent productions that successfully captured elements central to Williams late aesthetic; particularly a delicate balance of laughter and horror with a self-consciously ironic acting style. Grounding the plays through the work of Bakhtin; Artaud; and Kristeva; as well as through the carnivalesque; the grotesque; and psychoanalytic; feminist; and queer theory; Saddik demonstrates how Williams engaged the freedom of exaggeration and excess in celebration of what he called the strange; the crazed; the queer.
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