I've had the honor to serve as dramaturg for the upcoming Town & Gown production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. My dive into dramaturgy—at least, as I've defined the term—has brought to the surface some historical insights into the play. I've discovered things that would have been common knowledge in 1947, when the play debuted. However, these same issues have faded from the collective memory over the decades. Here, I discuss two such matters: the psycholog

Tim Prasil explores early reviews of Christie's "unusual" novel