Williams, Tennessee 1911-1983
Overview
| Works: | 3,278 works in 10,072 publications in 28 languages and 218,362 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Drama Domestic drama Criticism, interpretation, etc Fiction Biography Poetry Film adaptations Biographies Short stories, American Short stories |
| Roles: | Author, Author of screenplay, Author of dialog, Narrator, Bibliographic antecedent, Performer, Writer of accompanying material, Scenarist, Librettist, Other, Lyricist, Creator, Dedicatee, Contributor, Author of introduction, Interviewee, Conceptor, Originator, Editor, Speaker |
| Classifications: | PS3545.I5365, 812.54 |
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Most widely held works about
Tennessee Williams
- Tennessee Williams by Signi Lenea Falk( Book )
- Memoirs by Tennessee Williams( Book )
- Tom : the unknown Tennessee Williams by Lyle Leverich( Book )
- The kindness of strangers : the life of Tennessee Williams by Donald Spoto( Book )
- The modern American theater; a collection of critical essays by Alvin B Kernan( Book )
- Tennessee Williams : mad pilgrimage of the flesh by John Lahr( Book )
- A critical introduction to twentieth-century American drama by C. W. E Bigsby( Book )
- Modern American playwrights by Jean Gould( Book )
- Tennessee Williams : a collection of critical essays by Tennessee Williams( Book )
- American drama since World War II by Gerald Clifford Weales( Book )
- Contemporary American literature, 1945-1972; an introduction by Ihab Habib Hassan( Book )
- Tennessee Williams by Felicia Hardison Londré( Book )
- The broken world of Tennessee Williams by Esther M Jackson( Book )
- The Cambridge companion to Tennessee Williams by Matthew Charles Roudané( Book )
- American plays and playwrights of the contemporary theatre by Allan Lewis( Book )
- Tennessee Williams by Gerald Clifford Weales( Book )
- A Streetcar Named Desire by Elia Kazan( Visual )
- Tennessee Williams : a guide to research and performance by Philip C Kolin( Book )
- Magical muse : millennial essays on Tennessee Williams by Ralph F Voss( Book )
- Mimetic disillusion : Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, and U.S. dramatic realism by Anne Fleche( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Tennessee Williams
A streetcar named Desire : [a play by
Tennessee Williams(
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590 editions published between 1900 and 2015 in 15 languages and held by 7,858 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Repressed widow visits sister in New Orleans after family estate dwindles to nothing. She is raped and eventually driven mad by her brutal brother-in-law
590 editions published between 1900 and 2015 in 15 languages and held by 7,858 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Repressed widow visits sister in New Orleans after family estate dwindles to nothing. She is raped and eventually driven mad by her brutal brother-in-law
The glass menagerie by
Tennessee Williams(
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428 editions published between 1196 and 2016 in 18 languages and held by 6,946 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A strong willed woman attempts to impose her shattered dreams into the life and personality of her shy, reclusive daughter
428 editions published between 1196 and 2016 in 18 languages and held by 6,946 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A strong willed woman attempts to impose her shattered dreams into the life and personality of her shy, reclusive daughter
Cat on a hot tin roof by
Tennessee Williams(
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331 editions published between 1900 and 2014 in 9 languages and held by 5,404 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Members of a neurotic Southern family gather to face the impending death of their patriarch, Big Daddy, and battle over the inheritance of his vast estate
331 editions published between 1900 and 2014 in 9 languages and held by 5,404 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Members of a neurotic Southern family gather to face the impending death of their patriarch, Big Daddy, and battle over the inheritance of his vast estate
A Streetcar Named Desire by
Elia Kazan(
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136 editions published between 1951 and 2014 in 9 languages and held by 2,745 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
After being exiled from her hometown of Auriol, Mississippi for seducing a seventeen-year-old boy at the school where she taught English, Blanche DuBois arrives unexpectedly at the New Orleans home of her pregnant sister Stella Kowalski and Stella's husband Stanley. Stanley, both repulsed by and attracted to Blanche, discovers that she has mortgaged property left to both sisters and spent all the money. He sets about discovering everything else he can about her past, and tension between Blanche and Stanley is further intensified when Blanche begins dating one of Stanley's poker buddies
136 editions published between 1951 and 2014 in 9 languages and held by 2,745 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
After being exiled from her hometown of Auriol, Mississippi for seducing a seventeen-year-old boy at the school where she taught English, Blanche DuBois arrives unexpectedly at the New Orleans home of her pregnant sister Stella Kowalski and Stella's husband Stanley. Stanley, both repulsed by and attracted to Blanche, discovers that she has mortgaged property left to both sisters and spent all the money. He sets about discovering everything else he can about her past, and tension between Blanche and Stanley is further intensified when Blanche begins dating one of Stanley's poker buddies
The night of the iguana by
Tennessee Williams(
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147 editions published between 1958 and 2013 in 8 languages and held by 2,572 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A rather rustic and very bohemian hotel in Mexico is the scene where, in 1940, several bizarre groups meet: Shannon, a defrocked Episcopal priest; Hannah, virginal and artistic; Maxine, the unbuttoned and recently widowed proprietress of the hotel; and more
147 editions published between 1958 and 2013 in 8 languages and held by 2,572 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A rather rustic and very bohemian hotel in Mexico is the scene where, in 1940, several bizarre groups meet: Shannon, a defrocked Episcopal priest; Hannah, virginal and artistic; Maxine, the unbuttoned and recently widowed proprietress of the hotel; and more
The Roman spring of Mrs. Stone by
Tennessee Williams(
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194 editions published between 1950 and 2012 in 14 languages and held by 2,514 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A fifty-year-old ex-actress undergoes a crisis of self-recognition in Rome, after the death of her husband
194 editions published between 1950 and 2012 in 14 languages and held by 2,514 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A fifty-year-old ex-actress undergoes a crisis of self-recognition in Rome, after the death of her husband
Collected stories by
Tennessee Williams(
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47 editions published between 1939 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,476 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The vengeance of Nitocris -- A lady's beaded bag -- Something by Tolstoi -- Big black: a Mississippi idyll -- The accent of a coming foot -- Twenty seven wagons full of cotton -- Sand -- Ten minute stop -- Gift of an apple -- The field of blue children -- In memory of an aristocrat -- The dark room -- The mysteries of the Joy Rio -- Portrait of a girl in glass -- The angel in the alcove -- Oriflamme -- The vine -- The malediction -- The important thing -- One arm -- The interval -- Tent worms -- Desire and the black masseur -- Something about him -- The yellow bird. The night of the iguana -- The poet -- Chronicle of a demise -- Rubio y Morena -- The resemblance between a violin case and a coffin -- Two on a party -- Three players of a summer game -- The coming of something to the Widow Holly -- Hard candy -- Man bring this up road -- The mattress by the tomato patch -- The kingdom of Earth -- "Grand" -- Mama's old stucco house -- The knightly quest -- A recluse and his guest. Happy August the tenth -- The inventory at Fontana Bella -- Miss Coynte of Greene -- Sabbatha and solitude -- Completed -- Das wasser ist kalt -- Mother yaws -- The killer chicken and the closet queen
47 editions published between 1939 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,476 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The vengeance of Nitocris -- A lady's beaded bag -- Something by Tolstoi -- Big black: a Mississippi idyll -- The accent of a coming foot -- Twenty seven wagons full of cotton -- Sand -- Ten minute stop -- Gift of an apple -- The field of blue children -- In memory of an aristocrat -- The dark room -- The mysteries of the Joy Rio -- Portrait of a girl in glass -- The angel in the alcove -- Oriflamme -- The vine -- The malediction -- The important thing -- One arm -- The interval -- Tent worms -- Desire and the black masseur -- Something about him -- The yellow bird. The night of the iguana -- The poet -- Chronicle of a demise -- Rubio y Morena -- The resemblance between a violin case and a coffin -- Two on a party -- Three players of a summer game -- The coming of something to the Widow Holly -- Hard candy -- Man bring this up road -- The mattress by the tomato patch -- The kingdom of Earth -- "Grand" -- Mama's old stucco house -- The knightly quest -- A recluse and his guest. Happy August the tenth -- The inventory at Fontana Bella -- Miss Coynte of Greene -- Sabbatha and solitude -- Completed -- Das wasser ist kalt -- Mother yaws -- The killer chicken and the closet queen
The theatre of Tennessee Williams by
Tennessee Williams(
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14 editions published between 1971 and 1990 in English and Multiple languages and held by 2,354 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The theatre of Tennessee Williams presents, in matching format, the plays of one of America's most consistently influential and innovative dramatists. The first five volumes of this ongoing series contain Williams' full-length plays through 1975 and, in addition to the texts themselves, include original cast listings and production notes. Volumes 6 and 7 contain Williams' collected shorter plays. Now available as a paperbook, Volume 8 adds to the series' four full-length plays written and produced during the last decade of Williams' life. The text used for each play was corrected and revised by the playwright in preparation for publication, or, in the case of the posthumously published Red Devil battery sign, makes use of his last known revision
14 editions published between 1971 and 1990 in English and Multiple languages and held by 2,354 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The theatre of Tennessee Williams presents, in matching format, the plays of one of America's most consistently influential and innovative dramatists. The first five volumes of this ongoing series contain Williams' full-length plays through 1975 and, in addition to the texts themselves, include original cast listings and production notes. Volumes 6 and 7 contain Williams' collected shorter plays. Now available as a paperbook, Volume 8 adds to the series' four full-length plays written and produced during the last decade of Williams' life. The text used for each play was corrected and revised by the playwright in preparation for publication, or, in the case of the posthumously published Red Devil battery sign, makes use of his last known revision
American poetry : the twentieth century(
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1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 2,352 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains over 1500 poems by more than 200 well-known American poets, including Langston Hughes, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Robert Frost, and Wallace Stevens
1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 2,352 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains over 1500 poems by more than 200 well-known American poets, including Langston Hughes, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Robert Frost, and Wallace Stevens
Plays by
Tennessee Williams(
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26 editions published between 2000 and 2008 in English and held by 2,307 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains selections of Williams' most influential works including "The Glass Menagerie," "A Streetcar Named Desire," and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
26 editions published between 2000 and 2008 in English and held by 2,307 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains selections of Williams' most influential works including "The Glass Menagerie," "A Streetcar Named Desire," and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
27 wagons full of cotton and other one-act plays by
Tennessee Williams(
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64 editions published between 1945 and 1990 in English and Czech and held by 2,287 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
V knížce zařazené aktovky amerického dramatika, pevně zakotveného i na našich divadelních scénách, vznikly vesměs v době jeho dramatických začátků, ale mají už všechny znaky jeho pozdějších vrcholných her. Stejně jako ony nechtějířešit psychologické problémy jedince, ale snaží se na příběhu několika lidí dobrat se pravdy lidského zážitku, ukázat, že nejsou "ani ničemové, ani hrdinové, nýbrž jen cesty a scestí, kterými se ubírají lidé"
64 editions published between 1945 and 1990 in English and Czech and held by 2,287 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
V knížce zařazené aktovky amerického dramatika, pevně zakotveného i na našich divadelních scénách, vznikly vesměs v době jeho dramatických začátků, ale mají už všechny znaky jeho pozdějších vrcholných her. Stejně jako ony nechtějířešit psychologické problémy jedince, ale snaží se na příběhu několika lidí dobrat se pravdy lidského zážitku, ukázat, že nejsou "ani ničemové, ani hrdinové, nýbrž jen cesty a scestí, kterými se ubírají lidé"
Sweet bird of youth by
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100 editions published between 1959 and 2015 in 6 languages and held by 1,775 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A masseur-gigolo takes a has-been actress from Hollywood to his home in the South, believing that her money and faded glamour might help him achieve a life-long dream
100 editions published between 1959 and 2015 in 6 languages and held by 1,775 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A masseur-gigolo takes a has-been actress from Hollywood to his home in the South, believing that her money and faded glamour might help him achieve a life-long dream
Summer and smoke by
Tennessee Williams(
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109 editions published between 1948 and 2008 in 12 languages and held by 1,537 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This play tells "the story of a minister's daughter in the stagnant little town of Glorious Hill, Mississippi, and a love affair thwarted by her inhibitions."
109 editions published between 1948 and 2008 in 12 languages and held by 1,537 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This play tells "the story of a minister's daughter in the stagnant little town of Glorious Hill, Mississippi, and a love affair thwarted by her inhibitions."
The rose tattoo by
Tennessee Williams(
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118 editions published between 1950 and 2012 in 7 languages and held by 1,517 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The Rose Tattoo is one of Tennessee Williams' most beautiful and powerful plays. Set among a colony of Sicilian fisher-folk on the American Gulf Coast, it is the story of Serafina delle Rose, a woman for whom love was stronger than death."--Inside jacket
118 editions published between 1950 and 2012 in 7 languages and held by 1,517 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The Rose Tattoo is one of Tennessee Williams' most beautiful and powerful plays. Set among a colony of Sicilian fisher-folk on the American Gulf Coast, it is the story of Serafina delle Rose, a woman for whom love was stronger than death."--Inside jacket
Out cry by
Tennessee Williams(
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31 editions published between 1969 and 1997 in English and German and held by 1,422 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents the David Merrick production, Michael York, in "Out Cry," by Tennessee Williams, with Cara Duff-MacCormick, production lighted and designed by Jo Mileziner, costumes designed by Sandy Cole, directed by Peter Glenville
31 editions published between 1969 and 1997 in English and German and held by 1,422 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents the David Merrick production, Michael York, in "Out Cry," by Tennessee Williams, with Cara Duff-MacCormick, production lighted and designed by Jo Mileziner, costumes designed by Sandy Cole, directed by Peter Glenville
Suddenly last summer by
Tennessee Williams(
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72 editions published between 1947 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 1,373 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains the text of a 1958 play in which a young woman who has been in a mental institution since witnessing the horrible death of her cousin, is harassed by her relatives who all have their own reasons for wanting her to change her story
72 editions published between 1947 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 1,373 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains the text of a 1958 play in which a young woman who has been in a mental institution since witnessing the horrible death of her cousin, is harassed by her relatives who all have their own reasons for wanting her to change her story
Moise and the world of reason by
Tennessee Williams(
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39 editions published between 1955 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 1,369 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Lance, a beautiful black figure skater. Full of lust and love for young men. Full, too, of despair and a craving for drugs. A young writer, runaway from Alabama, an innocent in the nightmare streets of New York. Moise, wearing transparant dresses, speaking in riddles, she can never finish her paintings or consummate a love affair
39 editions published between 1955 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 1,369 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Lance, a beautiful black figure skater. Full of lust and love for young men. Full, too, of despair and a craving for drugs. A young writer, runaway from Alabama, an innocent in the nightmare streets of New York. Moise, wearing transparant dresses, speaking in riddles, she can never finish her paintings or consummate a love affair
Camino Real. [A play] by
Tennessee Williams(
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72 editions published between 1948 and 2010 in 6 languages and held by 1,368 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this phantasmagorical play, the Camino Real (pronunciation: Cá-mino Réal) is a long highway, a dead end, a police state in a vaguely Latin American country, a nightmare, and an inescapable condition. Characters from history and literature -- Don Quixote, Casanova, Camille, Lord Byron -- inhabit a place where corruption, starvation, indifference and greed have immobilized anyone who tries to escape. Then, into this netherworld, the archetypal Kilroy arrives -- a sailor and all-American guy with "a heart as big as the head of baby." Like others before him in the Camino Real, Kilroy is robbed, conned, turned into a patsy, and he very nearly breaks ... but not quite. When this experimental epic opened on Broadway in 1953, it confounded the critics, but not the audiences. The play's iconic/ironic humor, playful conceits, and towering concerns about society's demand for conformity, the courage of the artist, and the power of compassion have made it a classic
72 editions published between 1948 and 2010 in 6 languages and held by 1,368 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this phantasmagorical play, the Camino Real (pronunciation: Cá-mino Réal) is a long highway, a dead end, a police state in a vaguely Latin American country, a nightmare, and an inescapable condition. Characters from history and literature -- Don Quixote, Casanova, Camille, Lord Byron -- inhabit a place where corruption, starvation, indifference and greed have immobilized anyone who tries to escape. Then, into this netherworld, the archetypal Kilroy arrives -- a sailor and all-American guy with "a heart as big as the head of baby." Like others before him in the Camino Real, Kilroy is robbed, conned, turned into a patsy, and he very nearly breaks ... but not quite. When this experimental epic opened on Broadway in 1953, it confounded the critics, but not the audiences. The play's iconic/ironic humor, playful conceits, and towering concerns about society's demand for conformity, the courage of the artist, and the power of compassion have made it a classic
One arm, and other stories by
Tennessee Williams(
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62 editions published between 1911 and 1984 in 7 languages and held by 1,355 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Xeroxed copy of mimeographed script identified as "First Draft, Revised."
62 editions published between 1911 and 1984 in 7 languages and held by 1,355 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Xeroxed copy of mimeographed script identified as "First Draft, Revised."
Small craft warnings by
Tennessee Williams(
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23 editions published between 1970 and 1973 in English and held by 1,333 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
23 editions published between 1970 and 1973 in English and held by 1,333 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
- Miller, Arthur 1915-2005 Author of introduction
- Albee, Edward 1928-2016 Author of introduction
- Wilder, Thornton 1897-1975 Author Lyricist
- O'Neill, Eugene 1888-1953 Author
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Inge, William Author
- Leigh, Vivien 1913-1967 Performer Actor
- Rice, Elmer 1892-1967
- MacLeish, Archibald 1892-1982
- New Directions Publishing Corp Publisher
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Albee, Edward, American drama American drama--Psychological aspects American literature American poetry Anderson, Maxwell, Barry, Philip, Barth, John Drama Dramatists, American Families Fathers and sons Friendship Glaspell, Susan, Hellman, Lillian, Inge, William Inheritance and succession Interpersonal relations Italy--Rome Leverich, Lyle Literature Louisiana--New Orleans Lust Malamud, Bernard Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Married people Mexico Miller, Arthur, Mississippi Missouri--Saint Louis O'Neill, Eugene, Odets, Clifford, Rape Rice, Elmer, Roethke, Theodore, Sherwood, Robert E.--(Robert Emmet), Sisters Southern States Styron, William, Terminally ill Theater Triangles (Interpersonal relations) United States Updike, John Widows Wilder, Thornton, Williams, Tennessee, Women teachers Young men
Alternative Names
Lanier, Thomas 1911-1983
Tenesi Vilijams
Tenesī Viljamss amerikāņu dramaturgs
Tennessee Williams Amerikaans auteur
Tennessee Williams dramaturg amerykański
Tennessee Williams dramaturgo estadounidense
Tennessee Williams drammaturgo, scrittore e sceneggiatore statunitense
Tennessee Williams écrivain américain
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Tīnnissī Willyāmz 1911-1983
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윌리암스, 테네시 1911-1983
윌리엄스, T. 1911-1983
윌리엄스, 테네시 1911-1983
윌리엄즈, 테너시 1911-1983
윌리엄즈, 테네시 1911-1983
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ウィリアムズ, テネシー
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田纳西·威廉斯
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