{"product_id":"9780811204224","title":"The Theatre of Tennessee Williams Volume IV: Sweet Bird of Youth, Period of Adjustment, Night of the Iguana","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Theatre of Tennessee Williams\u003c\/em\u003e brings together in matching format the plays of one of America’s most persistently influential and innovative dramatists. Arranged in chronological order, this ongoing series includes the original cast listings and production notes for all full-length plays. Now available as a New Directions Paperbook, \u003cem\u003eVolume IV\u003c\/em\u003e contains a wonderfully diverse collection of Williams’s works. \u003cem\u003eSweet Bird of Youth\u003c\/em\u003e (1959) is a dramatic study of a fading Hollywood actress, who tries to recapture her youth through a young drifter half her age. In a lighter mood, \u003cem\u003ePeriod of Adjustment\u003c\/em\u003e (1960) tells of the marital troubles of two “Middle American couples, a departure for the playwright who himself labeled it a ’serious comedy.’” \u003cem\u003eThe Night of the Iguana\u003c\/em\u003e (1961), in sharp contrast, tells of human frailty and redemptive strength on the West Coast of Mexico.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42628735467581,"sku":"9780811204224","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780811204224_p0.jpg?v=1771645160","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780811204224","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}