Tennessee Williams

The play premiered on Broadway in 1947. This topic is part of Authors within Arts & Culture. This page currently draws on 7 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.

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Tennessee Williams wrote which play featuring Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski?

Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire

Bonus fact: The play premiered on Broadway in 1947.

Which Williams play features the Wingfield family and is partly autobiographical?

Answer: The Glass Menagerie

Bonus fact: Tom Wingfield serves as narrator and character.

What was Tennessee Williams's birth name?

Answer: Thomas Lanier Williams III

Bonus fact: He adopted the name Tennessee professionally.

Who wrote Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?

Answer: Tennessee Williams

Bonus fact: Stage play by Tennessee Williams.

Who directed the 1956 film "Baby Doll"?

Answer: Elia Kazan

Bonus fact: The film was adapted from material by playwright Tennessee Williams.

Who wrote The Night of the Iguana?

Answer: Tennessee Williams

Bonus fact: The play premiered on Broadway in 1961.

Who wrote the screenplay for "Baby Doll"?

Answer: Tennessee Williams

Bonus fact: Williams drew on two of his one-act plays for the screenplay.

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