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AUDIENCE: Scott Phillips

After growing up and starting to write, Tennessee Williams began to write books and plays for entertainment for the general public. He also wrote about his various obstacles, "Williams wrote plays, a memoir, poems, short stories and a novel. In 1975 he published MEMOIRS, which detailed his life and discussed his addiction to drugs and alcohol, as well as his homosexuality" (PBS). His audience for his plays was purely entertainment and for anyone who wanted to watch his or read his works. However once he began writing his memoirs and about his issues in his life. It seemed as though he was trying to help people facing similar problems. But as he was selling them, he most likely still wrote them with an entertainment value to broaden his market.

"Tennessee Williams." PBS. PBS, 8 Feb. 1999. Web. 30 Apr. 2013.

"A Boat Against the Current." //: This Day in Theater History (Tennessee Williams, Poet of “The Wild at Heart,” Born) //. 26 Mar. 2011. Web. 30 Apr. 2013.

AIM: Dominique De La Rosa

Tennessee Williams was born on March 26, 1911 as Thomas Lanier Williams. Growing up, Williams had a hard childhood. With moving a few times, having an absent father most days, and having fighting parents did not help his case. At around the age of 28, he moved down to New Orleans, where some of his success began, “…and revamped his lifestyle, soaking up the city life that would inspire his work, most notably the later play, A Streetcar Named Desire” (A&E Television Networks). Williams had received a Pulitzer Prize in 1947 for writing A Streetcar Named Desire. In writing A Streetcar Named Desire, Williams picked out themes such a desire, loneliness, sex, and many other themes. It seems that he wanted his aim of writing this play to portray what he had went through in during the duration of his life. The themes of A Streetcar Named Desire had mirrored similar struggles Williams had come across.

 Work Cited: A&E Television Networks. “Bio. True Story”. Tennessee Williams Biography, 2013. Web. 29 April 2013.

Marotous, George. “Tennessee Williams’: A Streetcar Name Desire”. An Introductory Perspective, 2006. Web. 29 April 2013.

HISTORICAL: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 23px;">Mitchell Arnone

Tennessee Williams had great success in the 1940’s. These years were easily the reason why Williams is remembered throughout history. One of his big named plays, //The Glass Menagerie//, opened on Broadway in 1945. “Critics and audiences alike lauded the play” (Bio.com). Just two years after his play, //A Streetcar Named Desire// came out. This playwright earned him the Pulitzer Prize and easily surpassed the success of //The Glass Menagerie//. He used this success and wrote more successful plays.

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"Tennessee Williams Biography." //Bio.com//. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2013.

Culture:

Tennessee Williams

By: Celina Robles



Tennessee Williams was born Thomas Lanier Williams on March 26 1911. He is considered to me one of the most successful and recognized play writers in American drama history. He wrote a total of 25 full-length plays. The reason that Tennessee was successful was because “Williams’s life reveal the origins of the material he crafter into his best works” (Poetry Foundation 1). His work included a lit in hunting loneliness and hypnotic violence. He had a lot of family issues and the mental state of his sister Rose really affected him. He feared during his depression after the death of his partner Frank, he would become insane like his sister. He also fell into the dark world of drugs and alcohol. What made his plays successful is that they were inspired by elements from his own real life. People where very intrigued and loved his work.

“Tennessee Williams 1911-1983”. Poetry Foundation. 2013. Web. 30 April 2013.

“Tennessee Williams”. Good Reads Inc. 2013. Web. 30 April 2013.