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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: lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur

    First published in 1980 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Orpheus Descending ( 1st/1st )

    First published in 1958 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Camino Real. [A play]

    First published in 1953 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Endstation Sehnsucht / Die Glasmenagerie: Zwei Dramen unserer Zeit

    First published in 1960 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Roman spring of Mrs.Stone

    First published in 1950 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    First published in 2021 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Summer and Smoke

    First published in 2021 — 2 editions
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    First published in 2000 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Sweet bird of youth: Period of adjustment ; The night of the iguana

    First published in 1972 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The milk train doesn't stop here anymore: Kingdom of Earth (The seven descents of Myrtle) ; Small craft warnings ; The two-character play

    First published in 1976 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Five Plays

    First published in 1962 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: A house not meant to stand: a gothic comedy
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    First published in 2008 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Mister Paradise and other one-act plays
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    First published in 2005 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Mutilated.

    First published in 1967 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Orpheus descending and other plays

    First published in 1961 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The rose tattoo.: Camino real.

    First published in 1958 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Selected Letters: Volume II, 1945-1957 (New Directions Paperbook)
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    Cover of edition selectedletterso0002will First published in 2004 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Tales of desire
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    First published in 2010 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Gnädiges Fräulein: a play in one act.

    First published in 1967 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Baby doll ; & Tiger tail: a screenplay and play
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    Cover of edition babydolltigertai00will First published in 1991 — 2 editions
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American playwright (1911–1983)

Born 26 March 1911
Died 25 February 1983

Subjects

American drama (dramatic works by one author), American drama, 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

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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