Written at various times over the last twenty-five years but never produced, the four scripts included in Tennessee Williams's Stopped Rocking and Other Screenplays encompass both the realistic style of "the early Williams" (the author's quotes) and the more experimental dramatic devices of many of his "later" plays. Two screenplays from the fifties, All Gaul Is Divided and The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond , remained in the files of Williams's New Orleans apartment until a thorough cleaning uncovered them in the mid ...
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Written at various times over the last twenty-five years but never produced, the four scripts included in Tennessee Williams's Stopped Rocking and Other Screenplays encompass both the realistic style of "the early Williams" (the author's quotes) and the more experimental dramatic devices of many of his "later" plays. Two screenplays from the fifties, All Gaul Is Divided and The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond , remained in the files of Williams's New Orleans apartment until a thorough cleaning uncovered them in the mid-seventies. Thus, All Gaul , an expanded version of the story of a St. Louis teacher's dreams of love told in A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur (1978) actually predates that play. A companion piece in mood and style, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond lyrically evokes the late twenties debutante society of Memphis and the Delta plantations. Adapted from the graphic short story of the same name, One Arm concerns a young male hustler awaiting execution for murder. Because much of the visual action is combined with a voice-over narration, Williams considered the form of this "film-play" from the late sixties somewhat experimental. In Stopped Rocking (1977), Williams returns to a familiar theme, the institution as the last haven of those who cannot cope with daily conflict and have "resigned from life." He was confident that this play, like so many of his others, would eventually find its audience: "I know that the 'dark' of the work is more than balanced by its humanity, and that this light of humanity will tip the balance favorably, as a natural act of grace."
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Fine. First edition, wrappered issue. Introduction by Richard Gilman. Fine with a tiny bit of wear at the spine ends. Prints the screenplays for *All Gaul is Divided*, *The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond*, *One Arm*, and *Stopped Rocking*. Issued as ND Paperbook 575.
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First edition. xii + 384 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Introduction by Richard Gilman. Collects ALL GAUL IS DIVIDED, THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND, ONE ARM, and STOPPED ROCKING.
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Very good + in very good + jacket. Introduction by Richard Gilman. Sm 8vo. Green cloth, with gilt spine lettering. 384 pages. No names, remainder marks, or marks to text. Illustrated dust-jacket (with price intact) has slight edge wear. Plays are ALL GAUL IS DIVIDED, THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND, ONE ARM, and STOPPED ROCKING.
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Dust jacket in good condition. First edition THUS, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. DJ has light edge wear with scuffing and smudging as well as tearing. Boards have light shelf rubbing with scuffing and smudging as well as bumping. Binding is sound. Endpages have light smudging. Page edges have light scuffing and smudging. Interior pages are unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
