2015 Tennessee Williams Scholars Conference
Friday, March 27, 2015
Schedule of Events
The Historic New Orleans Collection
Williams Research Center
410 Chartres Street, New Orleans, LA
Robert Bray, Conference Director
9:00-9:15
Opening remarks, Robert Bray
9:15-10:30
Tom’s “good time girls”: Burlesque and Chorus Girls in Williams’s Early One-Act Plays
Moderator: John Bak, Université de Lorraine (France) Panelists: Annette Saddik, City University of New York David Kaplan, Provincetown Theatre Festival Michael Hooper, St. Margaret’s School(UK)
Moderator: John Bak, Université de Lorraine (France) Panelists: Annette Saddik, City University of New York David Kaplan, Provincetown Theatre Festival Michael Hooper, St. Margaret’s School(UK)
10:30-11:45
The Paintings of Tennessee Williams
Moderator: Margit Longbrake, The Historic New Orleans Collection Panelists: Cori Convertito, Key West Art and Historical Society Bradley Sumrall, Ogden Museum of Southern Art John Bak, Université de Lorraine
Moderator: Margit Longbrake, The Historic New Orleans Collection Panelists: Cori Convertito, Key West Art and Historical Society Bradley Sumrall, Ogden Museum of Southern Art John Bak, Université de Lorraine
11:45-1:00
Lunch
1:00-2:15
Suddenly Last Summer, Play and Film Discussion
Moderator: Henry Schvey, Washington University Panelists: John Lahr, former New Yorker drama critic Brenda Currin, actor Barton Palmer, Clemson University
Moderator: Henry Schvey, Washington University Panelists: John Lahr, former New Yorker drama critic Brenda Currin, actor Barton Palmer, Clemson University
2:30-3:45
Southern Literature and the White Trash Aesthetic
Moderator: Robert Bray Panelists: Andrew Leiter, Lycoming College Meredith McCarroll, Clemson University Jim Grimsley, Emory University
Moderator: Robert Bray Panelists: Andrew Leiter, Lycoming College Meredith McCarroll, Clemson University Jim Grimsley, Emory University
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