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Tennessee Williams

An award-winning American playwright and poet.

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American playwright (1911–1983)

Born 26 March 1911
Died 25 February 1983

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  • Cover of: A streetcar named desire
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  • Cover of: The Glass Menagerie
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  • Cover of: Cat on a hot tin roof
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  • Cover of: The night of the iguana
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    Cover of edition nightofiguana00will Cover of edition tennesseewilliam0000unse_t0b8 Cover of edition nightofiguana00will_0 First published in 1939 — 30 editions
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  • Cover of: The Roman spring of Mrs. Stone
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    Cover of edition romanspringofmrs0000will First published in 1950 — 27 editions
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  • Cover of: Six Great Modern Plays
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  • Cover of: Summer and smoke.
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    First published in 1948 — 20 editions
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  • Cover of: Rose Tattoo
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    First published in 1950 — 18 editions
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  • Cover of: Fifty Best American Short Stories
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    Cover of edition bwb_KR-683-009 Cover of edition fiftybestamerica0000unse Cover of edition fiftybestamerica0000unse_v4b3 Cover of edition fiftybestamerica0000mart First published in 1965 — 15 editions
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  • Cover of: Camino Real
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    Cover of edition caminoreal0000will_n1f9 Cover of edition caminoreal00tenn First published in 1953 — 15 editions
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  • Cover of: Baby Doll: the script for the film.
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    First published in 1956 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: Sweet bird of youth
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    First published in 1959 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: 27 wagons full of cotton: and other one-act plays.
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    Cover of edition 27wagonsfullofco0000will First published in 1945 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: Orpheus descending: a play in three acts
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    Cover of edition fugitivekindorig00will Cover of edition orpheusdescendin0000will_y3k5 Cover of edition orpheusdescendin00will First published in 1958 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: Memoirs
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    Cover of edition memoirs00will Cover of edition memoirs0000will Cover of edition isbn_055302745x First published in 1975 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: Period of adjustment, or, High Point is built on a cavern: a serious comedy
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    Cover of edition periodofadjustme00will First published in 1960 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: Suddenly last summer
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    Cover of edition suddenlylastsumm0000will First published in 1958 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: Three by Tennessee
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  • Cover of: Williams, Four Plays by Tennessee
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  • Cover of: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

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American playwright (1911–1983)

Born 26 March 1911
Died 25 February 1983

Subjects

American drama (dramatic works by one author), Drama, American drama, Fiction, Brothers and sisters, Families, Family, Young men, Interpersonal relations, American literature, Human relations, Mothers and daughters, Mothers and sons, autobiographical drama, memory plays, Young women with disabilities, Plays, domestic drama, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 9, Specimens

Places

Missouri, Saint Louis, United States, Israel, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Boston, Jefferson, New England, Salem Village, Alabama, Louisiana, Mallard residence, Southern States, Yoknapatawpha County, Desire, Elysian Fields, French Quarter, New Orleans, Owl Creek Bridge, England, Justice of the Peace Court, New Orleans (La.), New York, Wall Street

People

Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), Amanda Wingfield, Jim O'Connor, Laura Wingfield, Tom Wingfield, Devil, Bernard, Biff, Charley, Faith Brown, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Happy, Howard Wagner, Jenny Stanley, Letta, Linda, Miss Forsythe, The Woman, Uncle Ben, Willy Loman, Brently Mallard, Colonel Sartoris, Emily Grierson, Homer Barron

Time

20th century, 19th century, 1600s, Antebellum era, 1861-65, late 1940s, 1861-1865, 20e siècle, American Civil War, Carnival, 1692, 1912, 1941-1950, 1951-1960, 19e siècle, Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, December, carnival, s. XX

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Alternative names

  • Thomas Lanier Williams
  • Tennessee Williams
  • Tennessee WILLIAMS
  • Williams, Tennessee
  • Williams Tennessee.
  • Tennessee williams
  • Williams Tennessee
  • TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
  • Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983.
  • WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE, 1911-1983
  • Tennesse Williams
  • Tenessee WILLIAMS
  • Williams T
  • Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams
  • Tennessee 1911-1983 Williams
  • Tennessee; Tennessee Williams Williams
  • WILLIAMS TENNESSEE
  • Tennessee 1911-1983 Orpheus Williams

History

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April 27, 2024 Edited by Salar Abdolmohamadian merge authors
July 9, 2023 Edited by Salar Abdolmohamadian merge authors
August 31, 2021 Edited by Jenner merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import