American playwright Tennessee Williams may have worked primarily in the middling decades of the 20th century, but it’s doubtful that his plays will ever cease to enthrall. Some of his best-known works – A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, for example – have become mainstays in our culture and education system, a testament to the playwright’s mastery of theme, language and character. The influence of Williams’ plays is not limited to theatre,…
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