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Time, Fantasy, And Reality In Night Of The Iguana

1968; University of Toronto Press; Volume: 11; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3138/md.11.1.87

1712-5286

Ferdinand Leon,

Theatre and Performance Studies

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS TELLS US HE CALLED The Glass Menagerie, his first major success, a "memory play" because it derived from memories of his youth in St. Louis. In The Night of the Iguana, his latest memory play, the source of recollection belongs to his characters. Time metes out to each a portion of pain: a vivid sense of the fantastic and a unique vision of reality. The play opened at the Royale Theatre in New York on December 28, 1961. Several weeks later, Williams won his third New York Critics Circle Award.