Williams, Tennessee: 1911-1983
The Rose Tattoo, 1951 - Information about the Book
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- In this play Serafina, a dressmaker, learns that her dead husband was unfaithful to her. The play becomes a celebration of sexuality.
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- Theater: "As a play, "The Rose Tattoo" lacks the intensity of "The Glass Menagerie"." The New York Times; February 5, 1951
- The Rose Tattoo as Comedy of the Grotesque: "The play celebrates the Dionysian element in human life." Brian Parker
- Reading Tennessee Williams's Play in a Cultural Context: "In the communities of the Gulf Coast Italians tended to re-create their home villages, duplicating the customs and traditions of their particular towns and villages." Rose De Angelis