INFLUENCES ON TENNESSEE WILLIAMS: STYLE, FANTASY, AND LANGUAGE

The writing and people who influenced Tennessee Williams are not always obvious. This year four Williams scholars will take a look at three distinct, often discreet, kinds of influence. Prof. Benjamin Gillespie, Baruch  College – City University of New York, will examine the impact of  playwright Eugene O’Neill; Margit Longbrake, Managing Editor of The Tennessee Williams Annual Review, will investigate where Shakespeare’s influence appears in Williams’s work; and David Kaplan, Curator, The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival, takes a look at the surprising amount of influence the early sci-fi/fantasy magazine Weird Tales had on Williams. Thomas Keith will moderate the discussion.

Sponsored by Helen and George Ingram.