The definitive biography of America's greatest playwright from the celebrated drama critic of "The New Yorker." John Lahr has produced a theater biography like no other. "Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh" gives intimate access to the mind of one of the most brilliant dramatists of his[...]

Few writers have brought more of their life into their works than famed playwright Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III. His characters have often served as proxies for himself, his mother, and especially his tragically unstable sister, Rose, who many consider to be the inspiration for Williams's [...]

Volume II of these fascinating letters extends the record of Williams' correspondence through the most successful and intensely creative period of his life, which saw the production of "A Streetcar Named Desire", "The Rose Tattoo" and "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof".Featuring letters to (and sharp portraits[...]

A second compilation of plays focuses on the dramatist's later works, icnluding The Night of the Iguana, Sweet Bird of Youth, Orpheus Descending, Suddenly Last Summer, The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, and the autobiographical Vieux CarrT.[...]