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'''Tennessee Williams''' (1911-1983) was a [[liberal]] [[United States|American]] playwright whose works are often taught in high school.  He is perhaps best known for two works: ''The Glass Menagerie'' and ''A Streetcar Named Desire'', both of which drew from his life experiences for inspiration.

'''Tennessee Williams''' (1911–1983) was a [[liberal]] [[United States|American]] playwright whose works are often taught in high school.  He is perhaps best known for two works: ''The Glass Menagerie'' and ''A Streetcar Named Desire'', both of which drew from his life experiences for inspiration.

==Life==

==Life==

   

   

Williams' play “Suddenly Last Summer” features a young American poet Sebastian Venables, who takes a seaside holiday somewhere in the Mediterranean  - well-known playground for pederasts - where he is murdered by a pack of starving street-boys. After he has had some dealings with them, the naked boys from the beach pursue him to his hotel and shout ugly names at him - suggesting perversion. Finally they devour him. The horror story conveys Williams’ mixed feelings of temptation and guilt as he encountered the available street-boys in Mexico, Europe or even in New Orleans. Williams is said to have gone on holidays with [[Gore Vidal]], both looking for boys, but unlike Vidal, Williams was at least aware of the exploitative side of what he was doing, as a rich foreigner taking advantage of those who were homeless and hungry.  

Williams' play “Suddenly Last Summer” features a young American poet Sebastian Venables, who takes a seaside holiday somewhere in the Mediterranean  - well-known playground for pederasts - where he is murdered by a pack of starving street-boys. After he has had some dealings with them, the naked boys from the beach pursue him to his hotel and shout ugly names at him - suggesting perversion. Finally they devour him. The horror story conveys Williams’ mixed feelings of temptation and guilt as he encountered the available street-boys in Mexico, Europe or even in New Orleans. Williams is said to have gone on holidays with [[Gore Vidal]], both looking for boys, but unlike Vidal, Williams was at least aware of the exploitative side of what he was doing, as a rich foreigner taking advantage of those who were homeless and hungry.  

<ref> http://www.timeout.com/london/lgbt/tennessee-williams-a-true-gay-icon

<ref>http://www.timeout.com/london/lgbt/tennessee-williams-a-true-gay-icon

Jeffrey LaRocque, The Fragmented Artist, Representations of Tennessee Williams in Biographical Solo-Performance. A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate College of Bowling Green State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, August 2010. Quotation is from Chapter Two, 44-45.

Jeffrey LaRocque, The Fragmented Artist, Representations of Tennessee Williams in Biographical Solo-Performance. A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate College of Bowling Green State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, August 2010. Quotation is from Chapter Two, 44-45.

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Sky Gilbert, My Night With Tennessee. </ref>

Sky Gilbert, My Night With Tennessee.</ref>

==Legacy==

==Legacy==