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Feb 8, 1999 · Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage. Premiere: 12/19/1994. He was brilliant and prolific, breathing life and passion into such memorable characters as Blanche DuBois and Stanley...
In an interview collected in Conversations with Tennessee Williams, Williams identified his main theme as a defense of the Old South attitude—”elegance, a love of the beautiful, a romantic attitude toward life”—and “a violent protest against those things that defeat it.”
Dec 31, 2019 · Updated on December 31, 2019. Tennessee Williams (March 26, 1911—February 25, 1983) was an American playwright, essayist, and memoirist best known for his plays set in the South. Much of Williams’ oeuvre was adapted for the cinema. Fast Facts: Tennessee Williams. Full Name: Thomas Lanier Williams III.
March 26, 1911 · Columbus, Mississippi, USA. Died. February 25, 1983 · New York City, New York, USA (after choking on a bottle cap) Birth name. Thomas Lanier Williams. Nickname. The Bird. Height. 5′ 6″ (1.68 m) Mini Bio. Tennessee Williams met long-term partner Frank Merlo in the summer of 1948 (Merlo died of lung cancer in the fall of 1963).
Jan 18, 2022 · Tennessee Williams - American Literature - Oxford Bibliographies. John Bak. LAST REVIEWED: 18 January 2022. LAST MODIFIED: 31 August 2015. DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780199827251-0136. Introduction. Thomas Lanier “Tennessee” Williams III (b. 1911–d. 1983) was a poet, fiction writer, and playwright.
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) Writer. Actor. Additional Crew. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Play trailer 2:53. Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) 2 Videos. 15 Photos. Tennessee Williams met long-term partner Frank Merlo in the summer of 1948 (Merlo died of lung cancer in the fall of 1963).
Tennessee Williams was born in Columbus, Mississippi, in 1911. The name given to him at birth was Thomas Lanier Williams III. He did not acquire the nickname Tennessee until college, when classmates began calling him that in honor of his Southern accent and his father’s home state.
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