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My friend Tom : the poet-playwright Tennessee Williams / William Jay Smith ; foreword by Suzanne Marrs

Catalog Data

Author:
Smith, William Jay 1918-  Search this
Subject:
Williams, Tennessee 1911-1983 Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Williams, Tennessee 1911-1983 Friends and associates  Search this
Smith, William Jay 1918- Friends and associates  Search this
Physical description:
xxi, 173 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2012
C2012
Contents:
Thomas Lanier Williams, Washington University : St. Louis, 1935 1940 -- Battle of angels : Boston, 1940 -- The glass menagerie : New York, 1946 -- The poet, lyric and dramatic -- A streetcar named desire : New York, 1947 -- Williams and Frank Merlo : Florence, 1949 -- With Williams at a performance of America hurrah by Jean-Claude van Itallie : New York, 1966 -- Reading of Williams at Lynchburg College: Virginia , 1979 -- Clothes for a summer hotel : New York, March 26, 1980 -- Award of Medal of Freedom to Williams by President Carter : The White House, June 9, 1980 -- Death of Tennessee Williams : New York, February 24, 1983
Summary:
A close friend of Tennessee Williams during his early years as a writer gives an account of the literary great's early career, critiques his work, and reflects on the later, more successful time of Williams' life.
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_989929