Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) was one of the most prominent playwrights in United States after World War II. Williams's major play, A Streetcal Named Desire (1947), won a Pulitzer Prize, and established him as an major American dramatist. Williams received a Pulitzer Prize also for CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (1955), about the moral decay of a Southern family.
"Summer at the Lake" shows the young author contemplating his
restlessness and toxic love of his overbearing and manipulative
mother. --John Lahr
Kudos to Nicholas Rand Moschovakis and David E. Roessel for
locating and so ably editing these firecrackers. --Philip C.
Kolin
The plays have an immediacy and spontaneity that make them akin to
snapshots. --Olivia Jane Smith
Recommended reading.
"Summer at the Lake" shows the young author contemplating his
restlessness and toxic love of his overbearing and manipulative
mother. --John Lahr
Kudos to Nicholas Rand Moschovakis and David E. Roessel for
locating and so ably editing these firecrackers. --Philip C.
Kolin
The plays have an immediacy and spontaneity that make them akin to
snapshots. --Olivia Jane Smith
Recommended reading.
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