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The Rose Tattoo
The Rose Tattoo | Tennessee Williams
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Published as a trade paperback for the first time, with a new introduction by the acclaimed playwright John Patrick Shanley (Doubt) and the one-act on which The Rose Tattoo was based. The Rose Tattoo is larger than lifea fable, a Greek tragedy, a comedy, a melodramait is a love letter from Tennessee Williams to anyone who has ever been in love or ever will be. Professional widow and dressmaker Serafina delle Rosa has withdrawn from the world, locking away her heart and her sixteen-year-old daughter Rosa. Then one day a man with the sexy body of her late Sicilian husband and the face of a village idiot, Mangiacavallo (Italian for eat a horse), stumbles into her life and clumsily unlocks Serafinas fiery anger, sense of betrayal, pride, wit, passion, and eventually her capacious love. The original production of The Rose Tattoo won Tony Awards for best play and for the stars, Eli Wallach and Maureen Stapleton. Anna Magnani received the Academy Award as Best Actress for the 1955 film version. This edition of The Rose Tattoo has an Introduction by playwright John Patrick Shanley, the authors original foreword, the one-act The Dog Enchanted by the Divine View that was the germ for the play, and an essay by noted Tennessee Williams scholar Jack Barbera.
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somesortoftimemachine
The Rose Tattoo | Tennessee Williams
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"So successfully have we disguised from ourselves the intensity of our own feelings, the sensibility of our own hearts, that plays in the tragic tradition have begun to seem untrue."

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Eggs
The Rose Tattoo | Tennessee Williams
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SoniaC
The Rose Tattoo | Tennessee Williams
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What a delightful and fun play. I really enjoyed it.

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AvidReader25
The Rose Tattoo | Tennessee Williams
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If you need me I‘ll be reading for the Dewey #readathon today! Starting with The Rose Tattoo because it‘s set in New Orleans and I‘ll be there in a week! @DeweysReadathon

RealLifeReading Happy reading! 6y
ladym30 Love that face! 6y
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