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The Rose Tattoo
The Rose Tattoo is larger than life—a fable, a Greek tragedy, a comedy, a melodrama—it is a love letter from Tennessee Williams to anyone who has ever been in love or ever will be. Professional widow and dressmaker Serafina delle Rosa has withdrawn from the world, locking away her heart and her sixteen-year-old daughter Rosa. Then one day a man with the sexy body of her la...more
Paperback, 176 pages
Published
April 1st 2010
by New Directions
(first published 1951)
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Not a fan, though, I should preface that by saying that I'm not really a fan of Tenessee Williams in general (what kind of name is that anyway? Who names their kid after a state?). I don't share his fascination with abusive relationships, nor do I find the tragic romance in them that he does (call me a prude, but I am offended at the idea that anyone could find redeeming romantic qualities in an abusive relationship, especially a male writer).
Anyway, slipping off now to allow my high horse to s...more
Anyway, slipping off now to allow my high horse to s...more
The Rose Tattoo is a great play. It is a play with many relevant and important themes: love, sexuality, loneliness, motherhood etc... The majority of characters are Sicilians. I think that T.W manages to capture something of their culture and at any rate he doesn't stereotype them. Moreover, the characters are complex and this is especially the case with Serafina. As often with T. Williams, it is a female character that is in the centre of the play. This time the heroin is Serafina Delle Rose. T...more
تیری مولینه:"در این پیس به طور کلی "گل سرخ" با رنگ ارغوانی و بوی مسحور کننده ی خود سراسر زندگی قهرمان اصلی نمایشنامه را که سرافینا نام دارد توام با احساسات سرکش و تندی که مختص اهالی سیسیل میباشد تسخیر نموده است روش کار تنسی ویلیامز با سایر درام نویسان زمان ما تفاوت بسیار دارد. وی در کلیه آثارش سعی دارد قبل از اینکه به ماجرا و جریان داستان بپردازد ذهن خواننده را متوجه کاراکترهای غیر عادی پیس نموده و تا آنجا که ممکن است خصوصیات روحی آنان را مجسم سازد."
ﮊ.ﮊولی :" در میان آثار تنسی ویلیامز من "خال گ...more
ﮊ.ﮊولی :" در میان آثار تنسی ویلیامز من "خال گ...more
The Beginning is difficult to follow; there's a fair amount of magical realism. I'm glad I stuck with it. Serafina delle Rosa is a complicated and compelling character. In her desperation she goes all out in everything she does-whether it's pleading with a picture of the Virgin Mary or locking her daughters clothes away so that she won't leave the house. I'd love to see a production of it.
After reading a lot of "serious" earlier plays by Williams, it was refreshing to have a playful play to read. There is a lot of farce that would be delightful to stage as well. There is almost something Shakespearean in the treatment of Serafina as well - the turn of character from religious nut to libertine (well, almost).
I'm going to cheat and review the movie with Burt Lancaster. Loved it! He was such a great actor. I didn't think he'd be able to pass off an Italian American but he did a wonderful job. Would recommend the movie.
Another great play by the master American playwright. Read it a long time ago, but enjoyed every line of it.
There’s no doubt that the play is masterfully written. Williams, clearly a well-read man, weaves in all sorts of elements found in dramatic history from the Greeks to Shakespeare to modern Realism, giving them all his own twist.
Williams wants us to think this is the story of a woman’s journey back to happiness, but her preoccupation with happiness is the problem of the entire play. In the end, the playwright wants us to conclude she has opened herself to a happiness she has refused ever since th...more
Williams wants us to think this is the story of a woman’s journey back to happiness, but her preoccupation with happiness is the problem of the entire play. In the end, the playwright wants us to conclude she has opened herself to a happiness she has refused ever since th...more
Hillarious, sad, touching, magic realism. A feisty woman mourns for her husband.
Well, I won't be reading everything he ever wrote, but this was a quick, entertaining and dramatic read. Kind of hilarious at times too with the main charactor being a full-blooded Sicilian woman.
The Rose Tattoo. by Tennessee Williams (1998)
This one was a real clunker. I thought the structure was clumsy, the characters both ugly and uninteresting, and the pot veered on silliness. This is one I'm actually glad that I didn't see on stage, because I'm afraid that it would tend to be even worse when performed. I've never read a play that has as much business described as this one does, and I didn't really see the point of much of it. Not T. Williams at his best, or even close.
May 16, 2007
Christobird
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I fell in love with Serafina Delle Rose. She makes a wish, she takes a risk, she opens up her door... God exists if you just stop worshipping some arbitrary "Him".
Read this because I liked the title, now it's one of my favorites
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Thomas Lanier Williams III, better known by the nickname Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright of the twentieth century who received many of the top theatrical awards for his work. He moved to New Orleans in 1939 and changed his name to "Tennessee," the state of his father's birth. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for A Streetcar Named Desire in 1948 and for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof...more
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