"The Night Of The Iguana" 1961 WILLIAMS, Tennessee

WILLIAMS, Tennessee [128] pp. New Directions 1961 Fireside Theatre Book Club Edition 8 1/2" x 5 3/4" Jacket design by Nikola Wood The Night of the Iguana is a stage play written by American author Tennessee Williams. It is based on his 1948 short story. In 1959, Williams staged it as a one-act play, and over the next two years he developed it into a full-length play, producing two different versions in 1959 and 1960, and then arriving at the three-act version that premiered on Broadway in 1961. Two film adaptations have been made: The Oscar-winning 1964 film directed by John Huston and starring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, and Deborah Kerr, and a 2000 Croatian production.