Tennessee Williams (1911–1983)
Autor(a) de A Streetcar Named Desire
About the Author
After O'Neill, Williams is perhaps the best dramatist the United States has yet produced. Born in his grandfather's rectory in Columbus, Mississippi, Williams and his family later moved to St. Louis. There Williams endured many bad years caused by the abuse of his father and his own anguish over mostrar mais his introverted sister, who was later permanently institutionalized. Williams attended the University of Missouri, and, after time out to clerk for a shoe company and for his own mental breakdown, also attended Washington University of St. Louis and the University of Iowa, from which he graduated in 1938. Williams began to write plays in 1935. During 1943 he spent six months as a contract screenwriter for MGM but produced only one script, The Gentleman Caller. When MGM rejected it, Williams turned it into his first major success, The Glass Menagerie (1945). In this intensely autobiographical play, Williams dramatizes the story of Amanda, who dreams of restoring her lost past by finding a gentleman caller for her crippled daughter, and of Amanda's son Tom, who longs to escape from the responsibility of supporting his mother and sister. After The Glass Menagerie,Williams wrote his masterpiece, A Streetcar Named Desire, (1947), along with a steady stream of other plays, among them such major works as Summer and Smoke(1948), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1954), and Suddenly Last Summer (1958). His plays celebrate the "fugitive kind," the sensitive outcasts whose outsider status allows them to perceive the horror of the world and who often give additional witness to that horror by becoming its victims. Stephen S. Stanton has summed up Williams's "virtues and strengths" as "a genius for portraiture, particularly of women, a sensitive ear for dialogue and the rhythms of natural speech, a comic talent often manifesting itself in "black comedy,' and a genuine theatrical flair exhibited in telling stage effects attained through lighting, costume, music, and movements." After The Night of the Iguana (1961), Williams continued to write profusely---and constantly to revise his work---but it became more difficult to get productions of his plays and, if they were produced, to win critical or popular acclaim for them. Williams won the Pulitzer Prize for drama for A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for these two and for The Glass Menagerie and The Night of the Iguana. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Tennessee Williams. UH Photographs Collection.
Séries
Obras de Tennessee Williams
Summer and Smoke / Orpheus Descending / Suddenly Last Summer / Period of Adjustment (1976) 457 cópias
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof / The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore / The Night of the Iguana (1990) 250 cópias
The Theatre of Tennessee Williams, Volume 2: Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Summer and Smoke, The Rose Tattoo, Camino… (1971) 57 cópias
The Glass Menagerie / A Streetcar Named Desire / Cat on a Hot Tin Roof / Suddenly Last Summer (1955) 41 cópias
The Theatre of Tennessee Williams, Vol. 6: 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Short Plays (1981) — Autor — 35 cópias
Suddenly last summer / The milk train doesn't stop here anymore / Small craft warnings (2009) 32 cópias
The Theatre of Tennessee Williams Volume 5: The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore/Kingdom of Earth (Theatre of… (1976) 26 cópias
The Theatre of Tennessee Williams, Vol. 7: In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel, and Other Plays (1981) 20 cópias
The milk train doesn't stop here anymore;: [and], Cat on a hot tin roof (Penguin plays) (1969) 11 cópias
Tennessee Williams Selected Plays - The Franklin Library - Jerry Pinkney Illustrations (1977) 8 cópias
Iets van Tolstoi 8 cópias
A streetcar named desire 5 cópias
Drámák / Williams, Tennessee 5 cópias
Una gata sobre un tejado de zinc / El análisis perfecto hecho por un loro (Artes escénicas/Obras) (Spanish Edition) (2007) 5 cópias
Something Unspoken 4 cópias
De repente el último verano / Suddenly the Last Summer: Y Otras Piezas Cortas (Spanish Edition) (2012) 4 cópias
Four plays: The glass menagerie, A streetcar named desire, Summer and smoke, Camino real (1956) 3 cópias
Three American Plays 3 cópias
Tennessee Williams: Selected Plays, Limited Edition (The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature) (1977) 3 cópias
Die Katze auf dem hei en Blechdach ; Die tätowierte Rose : zwei Theaterstücke (1956) — Autor — 3 cópias
Teatro ; Un tranvía llamado deseo ; El zoológico de cristal ; Verano y humo (1951) — Autor — 3 cópias
Η Νύχτα της Ιγκουάνα 2 cópias
The Dark Room 2 cópias
Theatre of Tennessee Williams, The 2 cópias
three plays of tennessee williams 2 cópias
Gata em Telhado de Zinco Quente, A Descida de Orfeu e A Noite do Iguana - Colecao Biblioteca Teatral (2016) — Autor — 2 cópias
EL PAIS DEL DRAGÓN — Autor — 2 cópias
The Case of the Crushed Petunias 2 cópias
Playboy interview 2 cópias
At Liberty 2 cópias
Dulce pajaro de juventud & Escaleras al techo & El cuaderno de Trigorin/ Sweet Bird of Youth & Stairs to the roof & The… (2004) 2 cópias
The Mysteries of the Joy Rio 2 cópias
Théâtre II 2 cópias
Die Glasmenagerie / Endstation Sehnsucht / Die tätowierte Rose / Die Katze auf dem heißen Blechdach (1999) 2 cópias
The Last of My Solid Gold Watches 2 cópias
Der Milchzug halt hier nicht mehr [and] Konigreich auf Erden [The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Any More and… (1969) 2 cópias
Portrait of a Madonna — Autor — 2 cópias
The Chalky White Substance 2 cópias
Dulce pj̀aro de juventud 1 exemplar(es)
El Zoológico de Cristal / Período de Ajuste 1 exemplar(es)
Orpheus Descending and Other Plays 1 exemplar(es)
La Vengeance de Nitocris 1 exemplar(es)
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, 1955 1 exemplar(es)
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Jones 1 exemplar(es)
Caramelo fundido 1 exemplar(es)
Sweet Bird Of Youth (Playbill) [Vol 3 No 11] 1 exemplar(es)
En el invierno de las ciudades 1 exemplar(es)
Slapstick Tragedy (Playbill) [Vol 3 No 2] 1 exemplar(es)
The Rose Tattoo (Playbill) [Vol 3 No 11] 1 exemplar(es)
Period Of Adjustment (Playbill) [Vol 4 No 51] 1 exemplar(es)
Period Of Adjustment (Playbill) [Vol 4 No 48] 1 exemplar(es)
Rare Franklin Library ~ Tennessee Williams ~A Streetcar Named Desire/Cat Hot Tin Roof [Hardcover] Tennessee Williams 1 exemplar(es)
The Night Of The Iguana (Playbill) [Vol 6 No 3] 1 exemplar(es)
Orpheus Descending ( 1st/1st ) 1 exemplar(es)
CAMINO REAL. By Tennessee Williams 1 exemplar(es)
Mačka na usijanom limenom krovu 1 exemplar(es)
The Glass Menagerie (Playbill) [Vol 2 No 8] 1 exemplar(es)
Garden District (Program) 1 exemplar(es)
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real ; A Fantasy 1 exemplar(es)
La caida de Orfeo : drama en tres actos 1 exemplar(es)
La Gata Sobre El Tejado De Zinc 1 exemplar(es)
Advertencias para barcos pequeños. Batalla de ángeles 1 exemplar(es)
Det kan man kalla kärlek 1 exemplar(es)
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH / THE GLASS MENAGERIE 1 exemplar(es)
KIZGIN DAMDAKİ KEDİ 1 exemplar(es)
Ausgewählte Dramen 1 exemplar(es)
Arena 1936 1 exemplar(es)
Jednorękijednoręki 1 exemplar(es)
The Collected Plays of Tennessee Williams[BOXED-COLL PLAYS OF TENNESS-2V][Boxed Set] (2011) 1 exemplar(es)
The Glass Menagerie Playbill: Circle in the Square Theatre 1 exemplar(es)
The Theatre of Tennessee Williams, volume 1,2,3,4,5 1 exemplar(es)
Andanças de um Cavaleiro e outras novelas 1 exemplar(es)
Zoológico de cristal / Periodo de ajuste 1 exemplar(es)
Lektürehilfen. A Streetcar Named Desire: Ausführliche Inhaltsangabe mit Interpretation. Inklusive… (2008) 1 exemplar(es)
Teatro: La gatta sul tetto che scotta; Improvvisamente l'estate scorsa, La rosa tatuata, Un tram che si chiama… 1 exemplar(es)
A Streetcar Named Desire [1984 TV movie] — Autor — 1 exemplar(es)
Tennesee Williams: Four Plays 1 exemplar(es)
Tutto finito 1 exemplar(es)
Moony's Kid Don't Cry 1 exemplar(es)
Ausgewählte Dramen: Die Glasmenagerie - Endstation Sehnsucht - Die tätowierte Rose - Die Katze auf dem heißen… (1966) 1 exemplar(es)
Lord Byron's Love Letter 1 exemplar(es)
Teatro La camera buia Ritratto di Madonna La lunga permanenza interrotta ovvero una cena poco soddisfacente Proibito Lo… — Autor — 1 exemplar(es)
"What I think of five stars who played my heroines' 1 exemplar(es)
Long Stay Cut Short, or, The Unsatisfactory Supper, The 1 exemplar(es)
Cuentos de Tennessee Williams 1 exemplar(es)
Soudain l'ete dernier 1 exemplar(es)
Two on a Party {short story} 1 exemplar(es)
The Glass Menagerie, Vienna's English Theatre 1 exemplar(es)
Letters to Donald Windham, 1940-1965 1 exemplar(es)
The Rose Tattoo (film 1 exemplar(es)
The Glass Managerie, film 1 exemplar(es)
Tennessee Williams works and bio 1 exemplar(es)
MÚSICA Y EL MUNDO DE LA RAZÓN 1 exemplar(es)
Sommerspiel zu dritt Erzählungen 1 exemplar(es)
Orpheus descending and other plays 1 exemplar(es)
Period of Adjustment Movie Cover 1 exemplar(es)
A Buzzworm Magazine Guide To Ecotravel 100 Unforgettable adventure throughout the world. 1 exemplar(es)
The Mattress by the Tomato Patch 1 exemplar(es)
El manco y otros cuentos 1 exemplar(es)
Theatre of Tennessee Williams Vol 6, the 1 exemplar(es)
Λεωφορείο ο πόθος και έξι μονόπρακτα 1 exemplar(es)
Η ρωμαϊκή άνοιξη της Κας Στόουν. Τρεις σ' ένα καλοκαιρινό… 1 exemplar(es)
7 Selected Plays 1 exemplar(es)
Μια γυναίκα που την έλεγαν Μωυσή 1 exemplar(es)
Ο Μονόχειρας. Η νύχτα της Ιγκουάνας 1 exemplar(es)
Tennessee Williams: Die tätowierte Rose 1 exemplar(es)
Un tramvai numit dorinta. Pisica pe acoperisul fierbinte — Autor — 1 exemplar(es)
Hello From Bertha 1 exemplar(es)
Five Plays Cat on a Hot Tin Roof The Rose Tattoo Garden Distirct Orpheus Decsending (1970) 1 exemplar(es)
A ultima primavera 1 exemplar(es)
El país del dragón II 1 exemplar(es)
Snowfall 1 exemplar(es)
Tennessee Williams plays 1 exemplar(es)
Advertencia para barcos pequeños / Batalla de ángeles 1 exemplar(es)
Rare CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF by Tennessee Williams 1975 New Directions BCE Very Good/VG 1 exemplar(es)
The remarkable rooming-house of Mme. Le Monde : a play 1 exemplar(es)
Un tranva̕ llamado deseo : comedia dividida en oce cuadros 1 exemplar(es)
Sweet bird of youth 1 exemplar(es)
Young men waking at daybreak 1 exemplar(es)
Θεατρικά ἔργα:… 1 exemplar(es)
The Rose Tattoo / Camino Real / Orpheus Descending (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) 1 exemplar(es)
Λεωφορείο ο πόθος 1 exemplar(es)
Γλυκό πουλί της νιότης 1 exemplar(es)
Ορφέας στον Άδη 1 exemplar(es)
Sestup Orfeův : Hra o 3 dějstvích 1 exemplar(es)
Not About Nightingales Playbill - Circle In The Square - March 1999 (Volume 99) (1999) 1 exemplar(es)
Lynda Benglis (Brochure) 1976 1 exemplar(es)
La nuit de l'iguane, suivi de 'Le long séjour interrompu' et de 'Vingt-sept remorques pleines de coton' 1 exemplar(es)
The Catastrophe of Success 1 exemplar(es)
Un tramway nommé désir [A Streetcar Named Desire] ; Portrait d'une madone [Portrait of a Madona] ; Propriété… — Autor — 1 exemplar(es)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage 1 exemplar(es)
La chatte sur un toit brûlant, suivi de La descente d'Orphée [Cat on a Hot Tin Roof / Orpheus Descending] (2003) — Autor — 1 exemplar(es)
Tutti i racconti 1 exemplar(es)
Teatro 2. La noche de la iguana - Lo que no se dice - Súbitamente el último verano - Periodo de ajuste. (1966) 1 exemplar(es)
No Bar de Um Hotel de Tóquio 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1941) — Introdução, algumas edições; Posfácio, algumas edições — 1,032 cópias
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contribuinte, algumas edições — 915 cópias
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural: A Treasury of Spellbinding Tales Old & New (1985) — Contribuinte — 520 cópias
American Poetry: The Twentieth Century, Volume Two: E. E. Cummings to May Swenson (2000) — Contribuinte — 405 cópias
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now (2009) — Contribuinte — 264 cópias
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994) — Contribuinte — 183 cópias
The Actor's Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues: More Than 150 Monologues from More Than 70 Playwrights (1987) — Contribuinte — 177 cópias
Playwrights on Playwriting: The Meaning and Making of Modern Drama from Ibsen to Ionesco (1960) — Contribuinte — 109 cópias
The Second Gates of Paradise: The Anthology of Erotic Short Fiction (1997) — Contribuinte — 36 cópias
Monologues Women: 50 Speeches from the Contemporary Theatre (v. 1) (1976) — Contribuinte — 30 cópias
The Tony winners: A collection of ten exceptional plays, winners of the Tony Award for the most distinguished play of… (1977) — Contribuinte — 6 cópias
Critics' Choice: New York Drama Critics' Circle Prize Plays, 1935-1955 (1945) — Contribuinte — 3 cópias
Weird Tales Volume 12 Number 2, August 1928 — Contribuinte — 3 cópias
Teatro Norteamericano contemporaneo — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Meesters der vertelkunst : zevenenderdig verhalen uit de moderne wereldliteratuur (1975) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Amores de mujer : (de los 15 a los 70 ) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
50 seltsame Geschichten — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
50 Best Plays of the American Theatre, Volume 3 — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
32 Współczesne Opowiadania Amerykańskie - Tom I — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Williams, Tennessee
- Nome de batismo
- Williams, Thomas Lanier, III
- Data de nascimento
- 1911-03-26
- Data de falecimento
- 1983-02-25
- Local de enterro
- Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Columbus, Mississippi, USA
- Local de falecimento
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa da morte
- choking
drug overdose - Locais de residência
- Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Key West, Florida, USA
New York, New York, USA - Educação
- University of Iowa (BA|1938)
- Ocupação
- playwright
- Premiações
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (1980)
Kennedy Center Honors (1979)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1944)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1952)
Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1948, 1955)
New York Drama Critics Circle Award (1945, 1948, 1955, 1962) (mostrar todas 11)
American Theater Hall of Fame (1979)
Tony Award for Best Play (1951)
Clarksdale Walk of Fame
St Louis Walk of Fame
Rainbow Honor Walk (2014) - Agente
- Tom Erhardt (Casarotto Ramsay and Associates Ltd) - estate agent
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To Read (1)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 324
- Also by
- 97
- Membros
- 28,036
- Popularidade
- #722
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Resenhas
- 305
- ISBNs
- 695
- Idiomas
- 27
- Favorito
- 131