Tennessee Williams (1911–1983)
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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 mostra'n més 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) mostra'n menys
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Sèrie
Obres de Tennessee Williams
Summer and Smoke / Orpheus Descending / Suddenly Last Summer / Period of Adjustment (1976) 457 exemplars
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof / The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore / The Night of the Iguana (1990) 250 exemplars
The Theatre of Tennessee Williams, Volume 2: Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Summer and Smoke, The Rose Tattoo, Camino… (1971) 57 exemplars
The Theatre of Tennessee Williams, Vol. 6: 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Short Plays (1981) — Autor — 33 exemplars
The Glass Menagerie / A Streetcar Named Desire / Cat on a Hot Tin Roof / Suddenly Last Summer (1955) 33 exemplars
Suddenly last summer / The milk train doesn't stop here anymore / Small craft warnings (2009) 32 exemplars
The Theatre of Tennessee Williams Volume 5: The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore/Kingdom of Earth (Theatre of… (1976) 26 exemplars
The Theatre of Tennessee Williams, Vol. 7: In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel, and Other Plays (1981) 20 exemplars
A House Not Meant to Stand: A Gothic Comedy (New Directions Paperbook) (2008) — Autor — 19 exemplars
The milk train doesn't stop here anymore;: [and], Cat on a hot tin roof (Penguin plays) (1969) 11 exemplars
Iets van Tolstoi 8 exemplars
Tennessee Williams Selected Plays - The Franklin Library - Jerry Pinkney Illustrations (1977) 8 exemplars
A streetcar named desire 5 exemplars
Drámák / Williams, Tennessee 5 exemplars
Una gata sobre un tejado de zinc / El análisis perfecto hecho por un loro (Artes escénicas/Obras) (Spanish Edition) (2007) 5 exemplars
The eccentricities of a nightingale and Summer and smoke; two plays / Tennessee Williams, 4 exemplars
The Glass Menagerie. (Lernmaterialien) 4 exemplars
The Vengeance of Nitocris {short story} 4 exemplars
Something Unspoken 4 exemplars
De repente el último verano / Suddenly the Last Summer: Y Otras Piezas Cortas (Spanish Edition) (2012) 4 exemplars
Tennessee Williams: Selected Plays, Limited Edition (The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature) (1977) 3 exemplars
Four plays: The glass menagerie, A streetcar named desire, Summer and smoke, Camino real (1956) 3 exemplars
Teatro ; Un tranvía llamado deseo ; El zoológico de cristal ; Verano y humo (1951) — Autor — 3 exemplars
Three American Plays 3 exemplars
Die Katze auf dem hei en Blechdach ; Die tätowierte Rose : zwei Theaterstücke (1956) — Autor — 3 exemplars
The Mysteries of the Joy Rio 2 exemplars
The Chalky White Substance 2 exemplars
El Pais del Dragon II (Spanish Edition) 2 exemplars
Théâtre II 2 exemplars
Theatre of Tennessee Williams, The 2 exemplars
three plays of tennessee williams 2 exemplars
The Dark Room 2 exemplars
Η Νύχτα της Ιγκουάνα 2 exemplars
Soudain l'été dernier: suivi de Le train de l'aube ne s'arrête plus ici (1995) — Autor — 2 exemplars
La nuit de l'iguane: suivi de Le long séjour interrompu: et de Vingt-sept remorques pleines de coton 2 exemplars
Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen 2 exemplars
Gata em Telhado de Zinco Quente, A Descida de Orfeu e A Noite do Iguana - Colecao Biblioteca Teatral (2016) — Autor — 2 exemplars
EL PAIS DEL DRAGÓN — Autor — 2 exemplars
Playboy interview 2 exemplars
Die Glasmenagerie / Endstation Sehnsucht / Die tätowierte Rose / Die Katze auf dem heißen Blechdach (1999) 2 exemplars
The Last of My Solid Gold Watches 2 exemplars
At Liberty 2 exemplars
Portrait of a Madonna — Autor — 2 exemplars
The Theatre of Tennessee Williams, Vol. 6: 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Short Plays 2 exemplars
The Case of the Crushed Petunias 2 exemplars
Dulce pajaro de juventud & Escaleras al techo & El cuaderno de Trigorin/ Sweet Bird of Youth & Stairs to the roof & The… (2004) 2 exemplars
Der Milchzug halt hier nicht mehr [and] Konigreich auf Erden [The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Any More and… (1969) 2 exemplars
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real ; A Fantasy 1 exemplars
CAMINO REAL. By Tennessee Williams 1 exemplars
Mačka na usijanom limenom krovu 1 exemplars
The Glass Menagerie (Playbill) [Vol 2 No 8] 1 exemplars
Orpheus Descending ( 1st/1st ) 1 exemplars
Garden District (Program) 1 exemplars
Soudain l'ete dernier 1 exemplars
Moony's Kid Don't Cry 1 exemplars
A Streetcar Named Desire [1984 TV movie] — Autor — 1 exemplars
The Collected Plays of Tennessee Williams[BOXED-COLL PLAYS OF TENNESS-2V][Boxed Set] (2011) 1 exemplars
Andanças de um Cavaleiro e outras novelas 1 exemplars
Sweet bird of youth 1 exemplars
The Night Of The Iguana (Playbill) [Vol 6 No 3] 1 exemplars
Slapstick Tragedy (Playbill) [Vol 3 No 2] 1 exemplars
KIZGIN DAMDAKİ KEDİ 1 exemplars
Ausgewählte Dramen 1 exemplars
En el invierno de las ciudades 1 exemplars
Zoológico de cristal / Periodo de ajuste 1 exemplars
La caida de Orfeo : drama en tres actos 1 exemplars
El Zoológico de Cristal / Período de Ajuste 1 exemplars
Arena 1936 1 exemplars
Period Of Adjustment (Playbill) [Vol 4 No 48] 1 exemplars
La Vengeance de Nitocris 1 exemplars
Orpheus Descending and Other Plays 1 exemplars
Jednorękijednoręki 1 exemplars
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, 1955 1 exemplars
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Jones 1 exemplars
Caramelo fundido 1 exemplars
Dulce pj̀aro de juventud 1 exemplars
Sweet Bird Of Youth (Playbill) [Vol 3 No 11] 1 exemplars
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH / THE GLASS MENAGERIE 1 exemplars
The Rose Tattoo (Playbill) [Vol 3 No 11] 1 exemplars
Period Of Adjustment (Playbill) [Vol 4 No 51] 1 exemplars
Θεατρικά ἔργα:… 1 exemplars
Snowfall 1 exemplars
Two on a Party {short story} 1 exemplars
Period of Adjustment Movie Cover 1 exemplars
A Buzzworm Magazine Guide To Ecotravel 100 Unforgettable adventure throughout the world. 1 exemplars
7 Selected Plays 1 exemplars
Tennessee Williams: Die tätowierte Rose 1 exemplars
Un tramvai numit dorinta. Pisica pe acoperisul fierbinte — Autor — 1 exemplars
Five Plays Cat on a Hot Tin Roof The Rose Tattoo Garden Distirct Orpheus Decsending (1970) 1 exemplars
A ultima primavera 1 exemplars
Cuentos de Tennessee Williams 1 exemplars
Lynda Benglis (Brochure) 1976 1 exemplars
Ο Μονόχειρας. Η νύχτα της Ιγκουάνας 1 exemplars
Tutto finito 1 exemplars
Tennesee Williams: Four Plays 1 exemplars
Det kan man kalla kärlek 1 exemplars
Lektürehilfen. A Streetcar Named Desire: Ausführliche Inhaltsangabe mit Interpretation. Inklusive… (2008) 1 exemplars
Teatro 2. La noche de la iguana - Lo que no se dice - Súbitamente el último verano - Periodo de ajuste. (1966) 1 exemplars
Ausgewählte Dramen: Die Glasmenagerie - Endstation Sehnsucht - Die tätowierte Rose - Die Katze auf dem heißen… (1966) 1 exemplars
Lord Byron's Love Letter 1 exemplars
Teatro La camera buia Ritratto di Madonna La lunga permanenza interrotta ovvero una cena poco soddisfacente Proibito Lo… — Autor — 1 exemplars
Tennessee Williams plays 1 exemplars
Young men waking at daybreak 1 exemplars
Hello From Bertha 1 exemplars
Μια γυναίκα που την έλεγαν Μωυσή 1 exemplars
Λεωφορείο ο πόθος 1 exemplars
Un tramway nommé désir [A Streetcar Named Desire] ; Portrait d'une madone [Portrait of a Madona] ; Propriété… — Autor — 1 exemplars
La chatte sur un toit brûlant, suivi de La descente d'Orphée [Cat on a Hot Tin Roof / Orpheus Descending] (2003) — Autor — 1 exemplars
Tutti i racconti 1 exemplars
Sestup Orfeův : Hra o 3 dějstvích 1 exemplars
Ορφέας στον Άδη 1 exemplars
Γλυκό πουλί της νιότης 1 exemplars
The Catastrophe of Success 1 exemplars
La nuit de l'iguane, suivi de 'Le long séjour interrompu' et de 'Vingt-sept remorques pleines de coton' 1 exemplars
MÚSICA Y EL MUNDO DE LA RAZÓN 1 exemplars
Λεωφορείο ο πόθος και έξι μονόπρακτα 1 exemplars
Theatre of Tennessee Williams Vol 6, the 1 exemplars
The Mattress by the Tomato Patch 1 exemplars
Orpheus descending and other plays 1 exemplars
Sommerspiel zu dritt Erzählungen 1 exemplars
Tennessee Williams works and bio 1 exemplars
El manco y otros cuentos 1 exemplars
The Glass Managerie, film 1 exemplars
The Rose Tattoo (film 1 exemplars
Letters to Donald Windham, 1940-1965 1 exemplars
The Glass Menagerie, Vienna's English Theatre 1 exemplars
El país del dragón II 1 exemplars
No Bar de Um Hotel de Tóquio 1 exemplars
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Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Williams, Thomas Lanier, III
- Data de naixement
- 1911-03-26
- Data de defunció
- 1983-02-25
- Lloc d'enterrament
- Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Columbus, Mississippi, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa de la mort
- choking
- Llocs de residència
- Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Key West, Florida, USA - Educació
- University of Iowa
- Professions
- playwright
- Organitzacions
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1952)
- Premis i honors
- 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
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Five star books (2)
Favourite Books (3)
Overdue Podcast (1)
To Read (1)
Plays I Like (5)
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 319
- També de
- 96
- Membres
- 28,000
- Popularitat
- #723
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 305
- ISBN
- 695
- Llengües
- 27
- Preferit
- 131