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Tennessee Williams at age 54 in 1965.

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

Tennessee Williams Biography

He was brilliant and prolific, breathing life and passion into such memorable characters as Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski in his critically acclaimed A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. And like them, he was troubled and self-destructive, an abuser of alcohol and drugs. He was awarded four ...