... an innovative and thorough use of lighting, Mielziner was able to bring William's detailed stage directions to life (Smith 12). For example, Williams preferred a soft light in his frightened disillusioned characters because they "so often want to withdraw from the blinding light of reality into the softer world of illusion" (Stein 20). Who better does this describe than Blanche ... writer and director that affected the production of Camino Real when Williams began to refuse a number of Kazan's suggestions. Then, the tension reached a boiling point when, during the production of Cat on a...

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