Tennessee Williams
Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – Feb 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright. Williams became famous with the success of The Glass Menagerie (1944) in New York City. It was the first of a string o
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Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – Feb 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright. Williams became famous with the success of The Glass Menagerie (1944) in New York City. It was the first of a string of successes, including A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), Sweet Bird of Youth (1959), and The Night of the Iguana (1961). With his later work, Williams attempted a new style that did not appeal as widely to audiences. His drama A Streetcar Named Desire is often numbered on short lists of the finest American plays of the 20th century alongside Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. In 1979, Williams was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
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