ICONIC PLAYWRIGHT TENNESSEE WILLIAMS IS THE SUBJECT OF A MAJOR EXHIBITION AT THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM

Press release date: 
Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Show highlights his career at the time of the glass menagerie, a streetcar named desire, and cat on hot tin roof

Tennessee Williams: No Refuge but Writing
February 2 through May 13

Press Preview: Thursday, February 1, 10:00–11:30 am
RSVP: media@themorgan.org

The plays of Tennessee Williams (1911–1983) are intimate, confessional, and autobiographical. They are touchstones not only of American theatrical history but American literary history as well.

During the period 1939 to 1957, Williams composed such masterpieces as The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, cementing his reputation as America’s most celebrated playwright. By 1955 he had earned two Pulitzer Prizes, three New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards, and a Tony.

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