Tennessee Williams, The Night of the Iguana

Annette Saddik (York College, CUNY)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Sofia Ahlberg (Uppsala University), Patrick Chura (University of Akron), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1961

Places

United States (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Play

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The Night of the Iguana

is a 1961 play by Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), which was made into a 1964 film directed by John Huston and starring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, and Deborah Kerr. The play premiered on Broadway at the Royale Theatre on December 28, 1961, and ran for 316 performances. It was directed by Frank Corsaro and starred Patrick O’Neal as Shannon, Bette Davis as Maxine (later Shelley Winters), Margaret Leighton as Hannah, and Alan Webb as Nonno. The play received Tony Award nominations for Best Play and Best Producer, and Leighton won the Tony for Best Actress.

The Night of the Iguana

is particularly significant to Williams’ body of work in that it is generally considered to be the last of his major critical and commercial successes. It signals the end of his…

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Citation: Saddik, Annette. "The Night of the Iguana". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 06 January 2012 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=44, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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