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   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  Silenostar | Dec 7, 2022 |  You know, I can't figure out exactly what it is that I want to criticise about this. I didn't like it, but I also can't pinpoint why or what was wrong with it. There's something about Williams' writing that is just like that. I don't really like what he does, but there's also nothing wrong with it - there's just a tone or SOMETHING that I really don't get and doesn't gel with me. Of the three plays I've read by him, I think this was probably my lease favourite (I like Streetcar best, I suppose, though I still had my issues with it too.) (  ) thebookmagpie | Aug 7, 2016 | You know, I can't figure out exactly what it is that I want to criticise about this. I didn't like it, but I also can't pinpoint why or what was wrong with it. There's something about Williams' writing that is just like that. I don't really like what he does, but there's also nothing wrong with it - there's just a tone or SOMETHING that I really don't get and doesn't gel with me. Of the three plays I've read by him, I think this was probably my lease favourite (I like Streetcar best, I suppose, though I still had my issues with it too.) ( ) hoegbottom | Jan 30, 2016 | You know, I can't figure out exactly what it is that I want to criticise about this. I didn't like it, but I also can't pinpoint why or what was wrong with it. There's something about Williams' writing that is just like that. I don't really like what he does, but there's also nothing wrong with it - there's just a tone or SOMETHING that I really don't get and doesn't gel with me. Of the three plays I've read by him, I think this was probably my lease favourite (I like Streetcar best, I suppose, though I still had my issues with it too.) ( ) hoegbottom | Jan 30, 2016 | 3 kutheatre | Jun 7, 2015 | no reviews | add a review
Is contained inThe Collected Plays of Tennessee Williams by Tennessee Williams (indirect) Has the adaptationHas as a student's study guide
Sweet Bird of Youth is Tennessee William's powerful play of 1959 about Chance Wayne, the one-time heart-throb of his hometown who returns hoping to break into the movies and find the girl he loved in his youth. Accompanied by faded movie star, Alexandra Del Lago, grieving in a haze of drugs and alcohol for her lost youth, he discovers that time is shortly to catch up with him and wreak a terrible retribution for his past actions. In its exploration of corruption, ageing and the effects of time, the play offers a magnificent study of the dark side of the American dreams of youth and fame. This Student Edition provides an extensive introduction and notes by Katherine Weiss. The introduction includes- a chronology of Williams' life and times; a summary of the plot, commentary on the characters, themes, language and context, and a production history of the play. Together with questions for further study and notes on words and phrases from the text, this is the essential edition of the play for students of literature and drama. No library descriptions found. |
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Some of the previous statements must be true, because I couldn't relate to any character in this book.
Sure, I can understand most of them, Williams has done a great job. Their motives and emotions are crystal clear to the viewer...but I couldn't care less.
The washed out, formerly stunningly handsome man tries to make it big, but is bitch-slapped by life and realizes he has not only lost the ones he loves, but his youth as well.
We've seen this scenario many times, mostly in films, and maybe this is one of the reasons that I couldn't engage emotionally enough in this story. It's mostly a character development drama, with a plot I've seen before, and don't care about, and characters that I have nothing in common with.
It's beautifully written and it's apparent that Williams is very talented and did the best possible job in writing this.
Still, for me, it was something that I'll probably have forgotten in a year or two. (