Tennessee Williams
1911–1983 · American (Mississippi/New Orleans) · 20th Century
Known for: Wrote A Streetcar Named Desire — the play that proved American theater could be as raw as jazz
Williams wrote A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and The Glass Menagerie — plays that defined American theater with their raw emotion, Southern Gothic atmosphere, and unflinching examination of desire, delusion, and cruelty.
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