Tennessee Williams (1911–1983)
Forfatter af A Streetcar Named Desire
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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 vis mere 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) vis mindre
Image credit: Tennessee Williams. UH Photographs Collection.
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Værker af Tennessee Williams
Summer and Smoke / Orpheus Descending / Suddenly Last Summer / Period of Adjustment (1976) 457 eksemplarer
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof / The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore / The Night of the Iguana (1990) 250 eksemplarer
Englen i alkoven og ti andre noveller. Amerikansk originaltitel: One arm and other stories (1948) 128 eksemplarer
Five O'clock Angel: Letters of Tennessee Williams to Maria St. Just, 1948-1982 (1597) 69 eksemplarer
The Collected Poems of Tennessee Williams (with CD) (New Directions Paperbook) (2002) 57 eksemplarer
The Theatre of Tennessee Williams, Volume 2: Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Summer and Smoke, The Rose Tattoo, Camino… (1971) 57 eksemplarer
The Theatre of Tennessee Williams, Vol. 6: 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Short Plays (1981) — Forfatter — 33 eksemplarer
The Glass Menagerie / A Streetcar Named Desire / Cat on a Hot Tin Roof / Suddenly Last Summer (1955) 33 eksemplarer
Suddenly last summer / The milk train doesn't stop here anymore / Small craft warnings (2009) 32 eksemplarer
The Theatre of Tennessee Williams Volume 5: The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore/Kingdom of Earth (Theatre of… (1976) 26 eksemplarer
The Theatre of Tennessee Williams, Vol. 7: In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel, and Other Plays (1981) 20 eksemplarer
A House Not Meant to Stand: A Gothic Comedy (New Directions Paperbook) (2008) — Forfatter — 19 eksemplarer
The milk train doesn't stop here anymore;: [and], Cat on a hot tin roof (Penguin plays) (1969) 11 eksemplarer
Iets van Tolstoi 8 eksemplarer
Tennessee Williams Selected Plays - The Franklin Library - Jerry Pinkney Illustrations (1977) 8 eksemplarer
A streetcar named desire 5 eksemplarer
Drámák / Williams, Tennessee 5 eksemplarer
Una gata sobre un tejado de zinc / El análisis perfecto hecho por un loro (Artes escénicas/Obras) (Spanish Edition) (2007) 5 eksemplarer
The eccentricities of a nightingale and Summer and smoke; two plays / Tennessee Williams, 4 eksemplarer
The Glass Menagerie. (Lernmaterialien) 4 eksemplarer
The Vengeance of Nitocris {short story} 4 eksemplarer
Something Unspoken 4 eksemplarer
De repente el último verano / Suddenly the Last Summer: Y Otras Piezas Cortas (Spanish Edition) (2012) 4 eksemplarer
Tennessee Williams: Selected Plays, Limited Edition (The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature) (1977) 3 eksemplarer
Four plays: The glass menagerie, A streetcar named desire, Summer and smoke, Camino real (1956) 3 eksemplarer
Teatro ; Un tranvía llamado deseo ; El zoológico de cristal ; Verano y humo (1951) — Forfatter — 3 eksemplarer
Three American Plays 3 eksemplarer
Die Katze auf dem hei en Blechdach ; Die tätowierte Rose : zwei Theaterstücke (1956) — Forfatter — 3 eksemplarer
The Mysteries of the Joy Rio 2 eksemplarer
The Chalky White Substance 2 eksemplarer
Um bonde chamado desejo ; A morte do caixeiro viajante 2 eksemplarer
El Pais del Dragon II (Spanish Edition) 2 eksemplarer
Théâtre II 2 eksemplarer
Theatre of Tennessee Williams, The 2 eksemplarer
The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams (1951-01-30) 2 eksemplarer
three plays of tennessee williams 2 eksemplarer
The Dark Room 2 eksemplarer
Η Νύχτα της Ιγκουάνα 2 eksemplarer
Soudain l'été dernier: suivi de Le train de l'aube ne s'arrête plus ici (1995) — Forfatter — 2 eksemplarer
La nuit de l'iguane: suivi de Le long séjour interrompu: et de Vingt-sept remorques pleines de coton 2 eksemplarer
Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen 2 eksemplarer
Gata em Telhado de Zinco Quente, A Descida de Orfeu e A Noite do Iguana - Colecao Biblioteca Teatral (2016) — Forfatter — 2 eksemplarer
EL PAIS DEL DRAGÓN — Forfatter — 2 eksemplarer
Playboy interview 2 eksemplarer
Die Glasmenagerie / Endstation Sehnsucht / Die tätowierte Rose / Die Katze auf dem heißen Blechdach (1999) 2 eksemplarer
The Last of My Solid Gold Watches 2 eksemplarer
At Liberty 2 eksemplarer
Portrait of a Madonna — Forfatter — 2 eksemplarer
The Theatre of Tennessee Williams, Vol. 6: 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Short Plays 2 eksemplarer
The Case of the Crushed Petunias 2 eksemplarer
Théâtre, N° 3 : Baby doll. suivi de Été et fumées 2 eksemplarer
Dulce pajaro de juventud & Escaleras al techo & El cuaderno de Trigorin/ Sweet Bird of Youth & Stairs to the roof & The… (2004) 2 eksemplarer
Der Milchzug halt hier nicht mehr [and] Konigreich auf Erden [The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Any More and… (1969) 2 eksemplarer
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real ; A Fantasy 1 eksemplar
CAMINO REAL. By Tennessee Williams 1 eksemplar
Mačka na usijanom limenom krovu 1 eksemplar
The Glass Menagerie (Playbill) [Vol 2 No 8] 1 eksemplar
Orpheus Descending ( 1st/1st ) 1 eksemplar
Garden District (Program) 1 eksemplar
Soudain l'ete dernier 1 eksemplar
Moony's Kid Don't Cry 1 eksemplar
A Streetcar Named Desire [1984 TV movie] — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
The Collected Plays of Tennessee Williams[BOXED-COLL PLAYS OF TENNESS-2V][Boxed Set] (2011) 1 eksemplar
Andanças de um Cavaleiro e outras novelas 1 eksemplar
Sweet bird of youth 1 eksemplar
The Night Of The Iguana (Playbill) [Vol 6 No 3] 1 eksemplar
Slapstick Tragedy (Playbill) [Vol 3 No 2] 1 eksemplar
KIZGIN DAMDAKİ KEDİ 1 eksemplar
Ausgewählte Dramen 1 eksemplar
En el invierno de las ciudades 1 eksemplar
Zoológico de cristal / Periodo de ajuste 1 eksemplar
La caida de Orfeo : drama en tres actos 1 eksemplar
El Zoológico de Cristal / Período de Ajuste 1 eksemplar
Arena 1936 1 eksemplar
Period Of Adjustment (Playbill) [Vol 4 No 48] 1 eksemplar
La Vengeance de Nitocris 1 eksemplar
Orpheus Descending and Other Plays 1 eksemplar
Jednorękijednoręki 1 eksemplar
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, 1955 1 eksemplar
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Jones 1 eksemplar
Caramelo fundido 1 eksemplar
Dulce pj̀aro de juventud 1 eksemplar
Sweet Bird Of Youth (Playbill) [Vol 3 No 11] 1 eksemplar
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH / THE GLASS MENAGERIE 1 eksemplar
The Rose Tattoo (Playbill) [Vol 3 No 11] 1 eksemplar
Period Of Adjustment (Playbill) [Vol 4 No 51] 1 eksemplar
Θεατρικά ἔργα:… 1 eksemplar
Snowfall 1 eksemplar
Two on a Party {short story} 1 eksemplar
Period of Adjustment Movie Cover 1 eksemplar
A Buzzworm Magazine Guide To Ecotravel 100 Unforgettable adventure throughout the world. 1 eksemplar
7 Selected Plays 1 eksemplar
Tennessee Williams: Die tätowierte Rose 1 eksemplar
Un tramvai numit dorinta. Pisica pe acoperisul fierbinte — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
Five Plays Cat on a Hot Tin Roof The Rose Tattoo Garden Distirct Orpheus Decsending (1970) 1 eksemplar
A ultima primavera 1 eksemplar
Cuentos de Tennessee Williams 1 eksemplar
Lynda Benglis (Brochure) 1976 1 eksemplar
Ο Μονόχειρας. Η νύχτα της Ιγκουάνας 1 eksemplar
Tutto finito 1 eksemplar
Tennesee Williams: Four Plays 1 eksemplar
Det kan man kalla kärlek 1 eksemplar
Lektürehilfen. A Streetcar Named Desire: Ausführliche Inhaltsangabe mit Interpretation. Inklusive… (2008) 1 eksemplar
Teatro 2. La noche de la iguana - Lo que no se dice - Súbitamente el último verano - Periodo de ajuste. (1966) 1 eksemplar
Ausgewählte Dramen: Die Glasmenagerie - Endstation Sehnsucht - Die tätowierte Rose - Die Katze auf dem heißen… (1966) 1 eksemplar
Lord Byron's Love Letter 1 eksemplar
Teatro La camera buia Ritratto di Madonna La lunga permanenza interrotta ovvero una cena poco soddisfacente Proibito Lo… — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
Tennessee Williams plays 1 eksemplar
Young men waking at daybreak 1 eksemplar
Hello From Bertha 1 eksemplar
Μια γυναίκα που την έλεγαν Μωυσή 1 eksemplar
Λεωφορείο ο πόθος 1 eksemplar
Un tramway nommé désir [A Streetcar Named Desire] ; Portrait d'une madone [Portrait of a Madona] ; Propriété… — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
La chatte sur un toit brûlant, suivi de La descente d'Orphée [Cat on a Hot Tin Roof / Orpheus Descending] (2003) — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
Tutti i racconti 1 eksemplar
Sestup Orfeův : Hra o 3 dějstvích 1 eksemplar
Ορφέας στον Άδη 1 eksemplar
Γλυκό πουλί της νιότης 1 eksemplar
The Catastrophe of Success 1 eksemplar
La nuit de l'iguane, suivi de 'Le long séjour interrompu' et de 'Vingt-sept remorques pleines de coton' 1 eksemplar
MÚSICA Y EL MUNDO DE LA RAZÓN 1 eksemplar
Λεωφορείο ο πόθος και έξι μονόπρακτα 1 eksemplar
Theatre of Tennessee Williams Vol 6, the 1 eksemplar
The Mattress by the Tomato Patch 1 eksemplar
Orpheus descending and other plays 1 eksemplar
Sommerspiel zu dritt Erzählungen 1 eksemplar
Tennessee Williams works and bio 1 eksemplar
El manco y otros cuentos 1 eksemplar
The Glass Managerie, film 1 eksemplar
The Rose Tattoo (film 1 eksemplar
Letters to Donald Windham, 1940-1965 1 eksemplar
The Glass Menagerie, Vienna's English Theatre 1 eksemplar
El país del dragón II 1 eksemplar
No Bar de Um Hotel de Tóquio 1 eksemplar
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The Tony winners: A collection of ten exceptional plays, winners of the Tony Award for the most distinguished play of… (1977) — Bidragyder — 6 eksemplarer
Film Scripts One: Henry 5, Streetcar Named Desire, the Big Sleep (1989) — Bidragyder — 4 eksemplarer
Critics' Choice: New York Drama Critics' Circle Prize Plays, 1935-1955 (1945) — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer
Weird Tales Volume 12 Number 2, August 1928 — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer
Teatro Norteamericano contemporaneo — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
Amores de mujer : (de los 15 a los 70 ) — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
Meesters der vertelkunst : zevenenderdig verhalen uit de moderne wereldliteratuur (1975) — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
32 Współczesne Opowiadania Amerykańskie - Tom I — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
50 seltsame Geschichten — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
50 Best Plays of the American Theatre, Volume 3 — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
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- Juridisk navn
- Williams, Thomas Lanier, III
- Fødselsdato
- 1911-03-26
- Dødsdag
- 1983-02-25
- Begravelsessted
- Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Columbus, Mississippi, USA
- Dødssted
- New York, New York, USA
- Dødsårsag
- choking
- Bopæl
- Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Key West, Florida, USA - Uddannelse
- University of Iowa
- Erhverv
- playwright
- Organisationer
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1952)
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- 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) - Agent
- Tom Erhardt (Casarotto Ramsay and Associates Ltd) - estate agent
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