Description: She remedies what she considers to be misguided interpretations of those early productions by measuring the original stage productions against Williams's stated aims.
Brief description: Alice Griffin is a professor emerita and former director of graduate studies in English at Lehman College of the City University of New York. She is the author of Understanding Lillian Hellman, Understanding Arthur Miller, Rebels and Lovers: Shakespeare's Young Heroes and Heroines, and Shakespeare's Women in Love.
Review Quotes: Understanding Tennessee Williams is exemplary in its achievements. . . . We have [here] a handbook to help us see the broad scope of Williams's impact and influence in American drama. If ever there was an American playwright who needs and deserves understanding, it is Tennessee Williams. Southern Quarterly