History Creator / TennesseeWilliams

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[[caption-width-right:290:''"If I got rid of my demons, I'd lose my angels."'']]

-->-- To '''UsefulNotes/CheGuevara''' during a visit to UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}}.

* ManInWhite: It's common for characters in his stories to be shown in all-white ensembles.

* FilmOfTheBook: Or rather film of the play. Williams adapted much of his best-known work for the cinema.

Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983) was an American author from Mississippi,[[note]]He used "Tennessee Williams" as a PenName in tribute to his father, a Tennessee native[[/note]] who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs. His professional career lasted from the mid-1930s until his death in 1983, and saw the creation of many plays that are regarded as classics of the American stage. Williams adapted much of his best-known work for the cinema.

* NonIndicativeName: Williams, a Mississippi native, adopted "Tennessee" as a PenName because that's where his father was from.

Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983) was an American author from Mississippi[[note]]He used "Tennessee Williams" as a PenName in tribute to his father, a Tennessee native[[/note]] who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs. His professional career lasted from the mid-1930s until his death in 1983, and saw the creation of many plays that are regarded as classics of the American stage. Williams adapted much of his best-known work for the cinema.

Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983) was an American author from Mississippi who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs. His professional career lasted from the mid-1930s until his death in 1983, and saw the creation of many plays that are regarded as classics of the American stage. Williams adapted much of his best-known work for the cinema.

Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983) was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs. His professional career lasted from the mid-1930s until his death in 1983, and saw the creation of many plays that are regarded as classics of the American stage. Williams adapted much of his best-known work for the cinema.

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* FilmOfTheBook: Or rather film of the play.
** He himself adapted ''27 Pounds of Cotton'' into the film ''Baby Doll''.
* {{Gayngst}} and GayngstInducedSuicide: Much of the anguish motivating the protagonists of his two most famous plays, ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'' and ''Theatre/CatOnAHotTinRoof'' revolves around gay men who commit suicide.

* {{Gayngst}}

* DisownedAdaptation: Happened to Williams a ''lot.'' Many of Williams' plays dealt directly with themes of homosexuality, which could not be so much as hinted at under TheHaysCode of TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood. Williams famously stood outside a theater showing ''Cat On A Hot Tin Roof'' and told would-be moviegoers to go home.

'''Thomas Lanier''' "'''Tennessee'''" '''Williams III''' (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983) was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs. His professional career lasted from the mid-1930s until his death in 1983, and saw the creation of many plays that are regarded as classics of the American stage. Williams adapted much of his best-known work for the cinema.

* DisownedAdaptation: Happened to Williams a ''lot.'' Many of Williams' plays dealt directly with themes of homosexuality, which could not be so much at hinted at under TheHaysCode of TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood. Williams famously stood outside a theater showing ''Cat On A Hot Tin Roof'' and told would-be moviegoers to go home.

->"Would you mind running out and getting us a couple of tamales?"
-->-- To CheGuevara during a visit to Cuba.

Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983) was an American writer who worked principally as a playwright in the American theater. He also wrote short stories, novels, poetry, essays, screenplays and a volume of memoirs. His professional career lasted from the mid-1930s until his death in 1983, and saw the creation of many plays that are regarded as classics of the American stage. Williams adapted much of his best-known work for the cinema.

* ''CatOnAHotTinRoof''
* ''TheGlassMenagerie''
* ''AStreetcarNamedDesire''

!!Tropes associated with Tennessee Williams:
* AllGaysArePromiscuous: Williams was.