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'''Tennessee Williams''' (1911-1983) was an important and influential [[United States|American]] playwright.  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 an important and influential [[United States|American]] playwright.  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==

Tennessee (born Thomas Lanier Williams) was born and raised in Columbus, Mississippi.<ref>http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc9.htm</ref>  He was admitted to the University of Missouri in 1929.  It was there that he saw a performance of ''Ghosts'' by [[Henrik Ibsen]] and subsequently decided he wanted to become a playwright.<ref>http://www.theatredatabase.com/20th_century/tennessee_williams_timeline.html</ref>  He was able to have 2 of his early plays produced in 1937, and the following year, he moved to New Orleans and changed his name to Tennessee.  In 1944, he debuted [[The Glass Menagerie]] in Chicago, which, after a successful run, made its way to Broadway.  The play helped to establish him as an important American voice in theater.  1947 saw him debut perhaps his most famous play, [[A Streetcar Named Desire]], which would go on to win a Pullitzer prize, the first of 2 he would win in his career (the other one being for his 1955 play, [[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]].  Tennessee would go on to write regularily until his death in 1983.

Tennessee (born Thomas Lanier) Williams was born and raised in Columbus, Mississippi.<ref>http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc9.htm</ref>  He was admitted to the University of Missouri in 1929.  It was there that he saw a performance of ''Ghosts'' by [[Henrik Ibsen]] and subsequently decided he wanted to become a playwright.<ref>http://www.theatredatabase.com/20th_century/tennessee_williams_timeline.html</ref>  He was able to have two of his early plays produced in 1937, and the following year, he moved to New Orleans and changed his name to Tennessee.  In 1944, he debuted ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]'' in Chicago, which, after a successful run, made its way to [[Broadway]].  The play helped to establish him as an important American voice in theater.  The year 1947 saw him debut perhaps his most famous play, ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'', which would go on to win a [[Pulitzer Prize]], the first of two he would win in his career (the other one being for his 1955 play ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'').  Williams would go on to write regularily until his death in 1983.

==Legacy==

==Legacy==