Dirk Gindt is Professor in the Department of Culture and Aesthetics at Stockholm University. His research attends to post-war and contemporary queer theatre and performance from an international and intercultural perspective. He is the co-editor of Viral Dramaturgies: HIV and AIDS in Performance in the Twenty First Century (2018) and the author of over fifteen refereed articles and book chapters. His work has been published in Theatre Journal, Theatre Survey, Theatre Research in Canada, Journal of Canadian Studies, Nordic Theatre Studies, Journal of Homosexuality, Fashion Theory and The Tennessee Williams Annual Review. His current project critically analyses the impact of HIV and AIDS on theatre and performance in Sweden and Canada.

Adds relevant insight to contemporary Tennessee Williams scholarship, to drama studies and to the transcultural approach in the humanities ... A fascinatingly detailed assessment of the “various layers of the production and reception of Williams’ plays in Sweden and France.

• AcknowledgementsList of figuresIntroduction: Cultural translations and patterns of migrationChapter 1: Setting the stage: The Glass MenagerieChapter 2: Encounters with the Other: A Streetcar Named DesireChapter 3: Sinful sexualities and commercial triumphs: Cat on a Hot Tin RoofChapter 4: Fantasies of the Deep South: Orpheus DescendingChapter 5: Critical watershed: Suddenly Last SummerEpilogueAppendixNotesReferencesAbout the AuthorIndex

Dirk Gindt is Professor in the Department of Culture and Aesthetics at Stockholm University. His research attends to post-war and contemporary queer theatre and performance from an international and intercultural perspective. He is the co-editor of Viral Dramaturgies: HIV and AIDS in Performance in the Twenty First Century (2018) and the author of over fifteen refereed articles and book chapters. His work has been published in Theatre Journal, Theatre Survey, Theatre Research in Canada, Journal of Canadian Studies, Nordic Theatre Studies, Journal of Homosexuality, Fashion Theory and The Tennessee Williams Annual Review. His current project critically analyses the impact of HIV and AIDS on theatre and performance in Sweden and Canada.

Adds relevant insight to contemporary Tennessee Williams scholarship, to drama studies and to the transcultural approach in the humanities ... A fascinatingly detailed assessment of the “various layers of the production and reception of Williams’ plays in Sweden and France.

• AcknowledgementsList of figuresIntroduction: Cultural translations and patterns of migrationChapter 1: Setting the stage: The Glass MenagerieChapter 2: Encounters with the Other: A Streetcar Named DesireChapter 3: Sinful sexualities and commercial triumphs: Cat on a Hot Tin RoofChapter 4: Fantasies of the Deep South: Orpheus DescendingChapter 5: Critical watershed: Suddenly Last SummerEpilogueAppendixNotesReferencesAbout the AuthorIndex

Dirk Gindt is Professor in the Department of Culture and Aesthetics at Stockholm University. His research attends to post-war and contemporary queer theatre and performance from an international and intercultural perspective. He is the co-editor of Viral Dramaturgies: HIV and AIDS in Performance in the Twenty First Century (2018) and the author of over fifteen refereed articles and book chapters. His work has been published in Theatre Journal, Theatre Survey, Theatre Research in Canada, Journal of Canadian Studies, Nordic Theatre Studies, Journal of Homosexuality, Fashion Theory and The Tennessee Williams Annual Review. His current project critically analyses the impact of HIV and AIDS on theatre and performance in Sweden and Canada.

Adds relevant insight to contemporary Tennessee Williams scholarship, to drama studies and to the transcultural approach in the humanities ... A fascinatingly detailed assessment of the “various layers of the production and reception of Williams’ plays in Sweden and France.

• AcknowledgementsList of figuresIntroduction: Cultural translations and patterns of migrationChapter 1: Setting the stage: The Glass MenagerieChapter 2: Encounters with the Other: A Streetcar Named DesireChapter 3: Sinful sexualities and commercial triumphs: Cat on a Hot Tin RoofChapter 4: Fantasies of the Deep South: Orpheus DescendingChapter 5: Critical watershed: Suddenly Last SummerEpilogueAppendixNotesReferencesAbout the AuthorIndex