Plays of Tennessee Williams, 1939-1961.

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Plays of Tennessee Williams, 1939-1961.

Typescripts of Williams' plays including Battle of Angels, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), The Glass Menagerie (1945), The Lady of Larkspur Lotion, The Long Stay Cut Short, The Night of the Iguana (1961), The Rose Tattoo (1951), Stairs to the Roof, A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Summer and Smoke (1948), and You Touched Me (1947).

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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...