Memorabilia pertaining to Tennessee Williams, 1935-1965.

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Memorabilia pertaining to Tennessee Williams, 1935-1965.

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The collection consists of items pertinent to Scharff's 1935 direction of Tennessee Williams's first play "Cairo, Shanghai, Bombay." It includes copies of two clippings from Memphis papers announcing the production; a program listing cast and scenes; clippings from a 1965 Mamphis paper regarding the production; and two pages from Williams's memoirs mentioning the play and its influence.

6 items.

University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7290190

University of Virginia. Library

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Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983

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Thomas Lanier Williams was born on March 26, 1911 in Columbus, Mississippi. His father, Cornelius, a salesman who was largely absent had a bad relationship with Tennessee, the second of his three children. Consequently, Tennessee was raised predominantly by his mother, Edwina, and maternal grandparents. His often strained and disturbed family life became the fodder for many of his plays. After moving to New Orleans in his late 20s, and adopting the name Tenn...

Scharff, Arthur Bernard

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Retired Washington and Lee French professor Arthur Scharff worked as a volunteer translator for the Special Collections Dept. of the University of Virgnia Library. From the description of Translation of an additional volume of "Encyclopédie; ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers", 1994-1997. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 56947142 Retired professor of French at Washington and Lee University. From the description of Inter...