Suddenly Last Summer

Suddenly Last Summer is a one-act play by Tennessee Williams, written in New York in 1957. It opened off Broadway on January 7, 1958, as part of a double bill with another of Williams' one-acts, Something Unspoken (written in London in 1951).:  52  The presentation of the two plays was given the overall title Garden District, but Suddenly Last Summer is now more often performed alone. Williams said he thought the play "perhaps the most poetic" he had written,:  86  and Harold Bloom ranks it among the best examples of the playwright's lyricism.

This article is about the play. For other uses, see Suddenly Last Summer (disambiguation).
Suddenly Last Summer
First edition cover (New Directions)
Written byTennessee Williams
Characters
  • Violet Venable
  • Sebastian Venable
  • Catharine Holly
  • Mrs. Holly
  • George Holly
  • Dr. Cukrowicz
  • Miss Foxhill
  • Sister Felicity
Date premieredJanuary 7, 1958
Place premieredYork Playhouse
New York City, New York
Original languageEnglish
SubjectAging, greed, hypocrisy, sexual repression
GenreDrama
Settingroom and garden of Mrs. Venable's mansion in the Garden District of New Orleans
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