... , the play employs expressionistic sets and visual and audio effects, coupled with Tom's ironic commentary on these same production values. Both the illusion and the awareness of the illusion pervade the play, and symbolism calls attention to itself or is pointed out by Tom. In one obvious sense, the truth behind the illusion is autobiographical. Tom is the playwright's stand-in. Tennessee Williams (born ... Thomas Lanier Williams) was an aspiring poet in St. Louis when he lived with his family and ... out, an attempt at exoneration, a catharsis of memory through the act of creation. Bu...

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