Tenesee Williams
If you have ever witnessed the work of Tennessee Williams on stage or at the theatre you might wonder “what kind of individual could come up with this stuff? It seems too familiar to him, almost as if he in fact lived through it.” Productions such as “The Glass Menagerie” which shows a very dysfunctional family make you wonder if Mr. Williams had just a little bit of insight on the matter. The problems that went on in his household could have in fact been a huge factor in his theatre success and the cause of his mental disturbances. In the following paragraphs I will discuss Mr. Williams family life, his love life and his famous awards and productions. Tennessee Williams was born Thomas Lanier Williams on Mar
Many of Williams’ plays became major motion pictures such as The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on A Hot Tin Roof, Orpheus Descending, and The Night of The Iguana. He won two Pulitzer Prizes for the plays (Williams 58). The Glass Menagerie won best play of the season by the Drama Critics’ Circle. In addition to twenty-five full length plays, Williams produced dozens of short plays and screenplays, two novels, a novella, sixty short stories and over one hundred poems and a autobiography (Smith 87). Tennessee was a man of a different taste. He enjoyed the company of men over women. To put it plainly, he was a homosexual. In 1947 he fell in love with a war veteran by the name of Frank Merlot. Merlot was just another influe
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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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