Tennessee Williams

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Tragedy of repressed sexuality and family corruption in Southern plantation society

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Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams

America's poet of the theater, Williams created plays of lyrical intensity exploring desire, memory, and the devastation of sensitive souls by a brutal world. His Southern Gothic vision defined a style and mood unique in American drama. A Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie are among the century's finest plays.

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