Dramatic Devices and Technical Innovations in the Plays of Tennessee Williams
Keywords:
William Tennessee, Dramatic technique, Dramatic device, InnovationsAbstract
Tennessee Williams emerged as the major playwright of the American dramatic scene in the post-war period. Due to the selection of themes, dramatic technique, and innovative skills, he earned distinction and applause from the public. He successfully projected events, ideas, attitudes and collective feelings that characterized life in the post-war American society in a language understood by the common people. Williams created plays for the American theatre which are technically superb because of their plot construction, grand themes, life-like characterization, and stage effects which he produced by the singular use of light, music, sound, and sets which were never tried so well before in America. The present paper deals with the experimentations and innovations in the theatrical technique done by Williams to heighten the dramatic effect of his plays.
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