Williams’ life had been deeply affected not only by leaving the deep South at a young age, but also by the mental illness of his sister Rose, to whom he was very close. Williams’ mind too was greatly conflicted by a childhood disease which left him a hypochondriac. There was an “ill feeling between himself and his father” (Alder 497) which often gave Williams a feeling of distance from his parents...
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There was an “ill feeling between himself and his father” (Alder 497) which often gave Williams a feeling of distance from his parents. Williams too later discovered, and accepted (as revealed in his memoirs) his homosexuality. The parallels seen in Williams’ life and his writing are best illuminated by his first major play “The Glass Menagerie...
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Tennessee Williams After that several more of Williams's plays, A Streetcar Named Desire, Summer and Smoke, A Rose Tattoo, and Camino Real, found their way to Broadway. Williams received numerous awards including the two Pulitzer Prize for drama for A Streetcar Named Desire in 1947 and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1955...	2 / 463
Tennessee Williams Merlo, a second generation Sicilian American who had served in the U.S. Navy in World War II, was a steadying influence in Williams' chaotic life. But in 1961, Merlo died of Lung Cancer and the playwright went into a deep depression that lasted for ten years...	2 / 332
Tennessee Williams In addition, there are two novels, a novella, more than sixty short stories, more than one hundred poems, an autobiography, a published volume of letters, introductions to plays and books by others, and occasional pieces and reviews...	2 / 543
Tennessee Williams And His Influences However, his heart wasn’t stop him to produce the great works, such as “The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore” (1963), “Kingdom of Earth” (1963), “In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel” (1969), and “Memoirs” (1975), which related to his problems of drugs, alcohol and homosexuality...	2 / 477