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) ⓘ
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