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Tennessee Williams Playwright Tennessee Williams wrote dramas that combined passionate lyricism, strong female characters, and a tragic Southern vision.

Tennessee Williams

American playwright
Also known as: Thomas Lanier Williams
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Tennessee Williams (born March 26, 1911, Columbus, Mississippi, U.S.—died February 25, 1983, New York City) was an American dramatist whose plays reveal a world of human frustration in which sex and violence underlie an atmosphere of romantic gentility. Williams became interested in playwriting while at the University of Missouri (Columbia) and Washington University (St. Louis) and worked at it even during the Great Depression while employed in a St. Louis shoe factory. Little theatre groups...

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