It was too late to conclude last night.
We lived in Washington, briefly, and in northern Virginia for the next twenty years. It didn't take me long to discover that I knew nothing about southern literature, had never heard of 'southern gothic', and set about remedying that, beginning, of course, with Faulkner. Two women authors caught my attention on the way, one was Flannery O'Connor and the other Carson McCullers. Both suffered from chronic illnesses, but their work is very different.
Loneliness was part of McCuller's life and work; and sexual ambiguity. I thought that pedln with her past as librarian might would be more familiar with is author who also wrote
Reflections in a Golden Eye, also made into a film with Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor and caused some raised eyebrows.
Adaptations of
The Member of the Wedding are, first, the author's own for a Broadway production, which opened in the Empire theatre in
1950 and starred Ethel Waters, Julie Harris as Frances "Frankie" Addams, and Brandon de Wilde.
The actors reprised their roles in the
1952 movie to high critical acclaim.
A television adaptation followed in
1987, andin another movie with Anna Paquin and AlfreWoodard.
The Young Vic Theatre in London produced a stage version in
2007.
Thank you for paricipating.
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Roshanarose, I never cared much for Lana Turner; there seemed to be something "plastic" about her. Never a hair out of place and the latest couture. She "paraded" more than she acted, I thought. I agree with you about Susan Kohner, a fine actress, and Sandra Dee, who did not appeal to me. I may be forgiven for being candid because
de gustibus non est disputandum 
