The Rose Tattoo, Tennessee Williams
The Rose Tattoo, Tennessee Williams
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The Rose Tattoo

Author: Tennessee Williams

Narrator: Emily Bergl, MarieClare Costello, Tim Dekay, Brent Hinkley, Anthony LaPaglia, Carol Locatell, Kate Mulligan, Antonia Rey, Peggy Roeder, Mercedes Ruehl, Vincent Schiavelli, Claudette Sutherland

Unabridged: 1 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/08/2025

Synopsis

In the wake of World War II, a poor widow named Serafina lives with her only daughter Rosa in a Sicilian community on Louisiana’s Gulf Coast. As Rosa grows to maturity, Serafina is forced to reconcile the values of the New World with the deeply-held pain of her past.
This L.A. Theatre Works recording reunites Mercedes Ruehl and Anthony LaPaglia, who starred in the 1995 Broadway production that earned a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play, and Drama Desk Awards for both actors.
Recorded at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in December 1999.
Directed by Richard Masur Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring:
Emily Bergl as Rosa Marieclare Costello as Peppina and Bessie Tim DeKay as Jack Brent Hinkley as a Doctor and Salesman Anthony LaPaglia as Alvaro Carol Locatell as Guiseppina Kate Mulligan as Estelle, Miss Yorke Antonia Ray as Assunta Peggy Roeder as The Strega Mercedes Ruehl as Serafina Vincent Schiavelli as Father DeLeo Claudette Sutherland as Violetta and Flora
Stage Manager and Live Sound Effects: Jane Slater Assistant Stage Manager: Cary Thompson Radio production by Raymond Guarna

About Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) is the acclaimed author of many books of letters, short stories, poems, essays, and a large collection of plays, including The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Camino Real, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Orpheus Descending, The Night of the Iguana, and The Rose Tattoo.

Reviews

Goodreads review by robin on October 02, 2024

The Rose Tattoo Tennessee Williams is most often remembered as a lyrical writer of tragedy and lurid violence and as the author of three classic plays: "The Glass Menagerie", "A Streetcar Named Desire", and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". Williams wrote many other plays in different styles. Among the best o......more

Goodreads review by Sketchbook on April 21, 2014

Highway signs: "Slippery When Wet." ~~ "Truck Drivers in Rear." You may know a lot or a little about Blanche, Alma, Maggie, Maxine, Laura, Stella, Amanda, The Princess and Myrtle...but few can recall the big Sicilian peasant, Serafina Delle Rose -- the first 10 Williams heroine who isn't repressed in......more

Goodreads review by Duffy on June 08, 2016

This one was a real clunker. I thought the structure was clumsy, the characters both ugly and uninteresting, and the plot veered on silliness. This is one I'm actually glad that I didn't see on stage, because I'm afraid that it would tend to be even worse when performed. I've never read a play that......more

Goodreads review by Chris on May 28, 2023

"The Rose Tattoo" is not one of Tennessee Williams better plays, probably because it is a comedy of sorts written by an author known more for his dramatic works. He continues with his mastery of the female lead portrayal, however. Serafina is a widow living on the Gulf Coast with her fifteen year ol......more

Goodreads review by Danielle on February 20, 2019

An article told me that this play is a rom-com? Did those words mean different things in the 50's?......more

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