Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share 6: Tennessee and Truman
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
6: Tennessee and Truman
In Episode Six, Vidalotry explores Gore Vidal’s relationship with two gay authors; one friendly, the other contentious. Host Ryan Breegle looks at Gore’s adventures with Tennessee Williams and their involvement in a film featuring lobotomies and cannibalism. And he examines Gore’s detest for Truman Capote, culminating in lies and lawsuits.
SOURCES:
Books:
Palimpsest: A Memoir, Gore Vidal, 1995
Empire Of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal, Jay Parini, 2015
Audio:
60 Minutes, CBS, 1975
The Dick Cavett Show, 1978
Profile of a Writer, 1978
Omnibus, BBC, 1995
The Celluloid Closet, 1995
The Tim Haigh Show, 1995
An Appreciation, PBS, 1998
Theater Talk, 2000
Interview with Jay Parini, 2006
View all episodes
By Ryan Breegle / We Own This Town
4.8
1818 ratings
In Episode Six, Vidalotry explores Gore Vidal’s relationship with two gay authors; one friendly, the other contentious. Host Ryan Breegle looks at Gore’s adventures with Tennessee Williams and their involvement in a film featuring lobotomies and cannibalism. And he examines Gore’s detest for Truman Capote, culminating in lies and lawsuits.
SOURCES:
Books:
Palimpsest: A Memoir, Gore Vidal, 1995
Empire Of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal, Jay Parini, 2015
Audio:
60 Minutes, CBS, 1975
The Dick Cavett Show, 1978
Profile of a Writer, 1978
Omnibus, BBC, 1995
The Celluloid Closet, 1995
The Tim Haigh Show, 1995
An Appreciation, PBS, 1998
Theater Talk, 2000
Interview with Jay Parini, 2006
More shows like Vidalotry: A Gore Vidal Podcast
View all
The Archive Project
68 Listeners
The Ancients
3,238 Listeners
The Rest Is Politics
3,093 Listeners