Suddenly Last Summer

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Suddenly Last Summer is a 1958 one-act play by Tennessee Williams that explores themes of repression, madness, and family secrets in the aftermath of a young man's mysterious death.

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instanceOf one-act play
play
adaptedAs Suddenly, Last Summer (1959 film)
author Tennessee Williams
countryOfOrigin United States
creator Tennessee Williams
dramaticForm memory play
filmAdaptationDirector Joseph L. Mankiewicz
filmAdaptationScreenwriter Gore Vidal
Tennessee Williams
filmAdaptationStar Elizabeth Taylor
Katharine Hepburn
Montgomery Clift
firstPerformanceYear 1958
firstPublisher New Directions
form one act
genre Southern Gothic
drama
psychological drama
hasSubject cannibalism
lobotomy
psychiatry
sexual exploitation
wealth and power
mainCharacter Catherine Holly
Dr. Cukrowicz
Violet Venable
mentionedCharacter Sebastian Venable
originalLanguage English
partOf Garden District
plotDevice psychiatric evaluation
plotFocus aftermath of Sebastian Venable's death
publicationYear 1958
setInLocation New Orleans
setInPeriod 1930s
structure single continuous scene
theme class conflict
family secrets
homosexuality
madness
manipulation
memory
repression
truth
violence

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Suddenly, Last Summer basedOn Suddenly Last Summer
Violet Venable firstAppearance play Suddenly, Last Summer (1958)
linked to: Suddenly Last Summer