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Tennessee Williams

By Robert

  • Born Thomas Lanier Williams

  • Survives Diptheria

    Left paralysed in the legs for two years

  • Moves To St Louis

    Family Moves To Mississippi

  • Publishes First Essay

    "Can A Good Wife Be A Good Sport?"
  • Period: to

    Studies at the University Of Missouri

    Journalism major

  • Works at father's shoe company

    forced to leave university

  • University of Iowa and studies

    writes first plays: "Cairo, Shanghai", "Bombay in Memphis"

  • Graduates University

    graduates with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

  • Publishes Battle of Angels

  • Moves To New York

  • Sister Rose Has a Lobotomy

    Williams resents the decision and obsesses over it for most of his life

  • Publishes The Glass Menagerie

    First Successful Play

  • Publishes A Streetcar Named Desire

    Another Successful Play Receives Pulitzer Prize

  • Starts Relationship With Secretary

    Has An Intimate Relationship With Frank Merlo

  • Publishes "Summer and Smoke"

  • Publishes "The Rose Tattoo"

    Receives a Tony Award For Best Play

  • Publishes "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"

    Critically acclaimed, receives another Tony and Pulitzer Prize

  • Publishes "Camino Real"

    Although a Failure, Williams Considers It To be His Best Play

  • Writes Screenplay for "Baby Doll"

  • Publishes Play "Orpheus Descending"

    After Poor Reviews Williams Falls Into Depression Resulting in Psychoanalysis and Writes Play Suddenly Last Summer

  • "Sweet Bird of Youth" Opens On Broadway

  • "Period of Adjustment" Opens On Broadway

  • Publishes Play "The Night of the Iguana"

    Another Tony and William's Final Success For a Decade

  • Partner Frank Merlo Dies

    Passes Away With Lung Cancer

  • "The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore" Opens On Broadway

  • "The Seven Descents" Opens On Broadway

    Critical Failure, First Of Many Failures

  • "Small Craft Warnings" Opens on Broadway

    William's Final Success

  • "Out Cry" Opens On Broadway

    Only Twelve Performaces

  • William's Publishes His Memoirs

    Talks About Sexuality, Addiction and Family Issues

  • "The Eccentricities of a Nightingale" Opens On Broadway

    Only Twelve Performances

  • "Vieux Carré" Opens On Broadway

    Only Six Performances

  • "Clothes for a Summer Hotel" Opens on Broadway

    Only Fourteen Performances- Final Play

  • Williams Dies

    Chokes on Medicine Cap at the Age of 71