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A Streetcar Named Desire

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Tennessee Williams

~playauthor~Written by~ Tennessee Williams

Methuen Drama, 1984

Student Editions

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Scenes: 11, Roles: Total (13), Female (6), Male (7), Unassigned (0)

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... world. Through the vividly characterised figures of Southern belle Blanche Dubois, seeking refuge from physical ugliness in decayed gentility, and her brutal brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski, Tennessee Williams dramatises his sense of the South's past as still active and often destructive in modern America....

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Written by

Tennessee Williams

~playauthor~Written by~ Tennessee Williams

Methuen Drama, 2010

Student Editions

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Acts: 3, Roles: Total (12), Female (5), Male (7), Unassigned (0)

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... of a happy family gathering is fractured by sexual frustration, repressed love, and greed in the light of their father's impending death. Since it was made into a Hollywood film starring Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is arguably Tennessee Williams' most celebrated play....

Sweet Bird of Youth

Written by

Tennessee Williams

~playauthor~Written by~ Tennessee Williams

Methuen Drama, 1984

Student Editions

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Acts: 3, Scenes: 4, Roles: Total (20), Female (7), Male (13), Unassigned (0)

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...Sweet Bird of Youth is Tennessee William's atmospheric play of 1959 about Chance Wayne, the one-time heart-throb of his hometown who returns hoping to break into the movies and find the girl he loved in his youth. Accompanied by faded...

The Glass Menagerie

Written by

Tennessee Williams

~playauthor~Written by~ Tennessee Williams

Methuen Drama, 2000

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Scenes: 7, Roles: Total (4), Female (2), Male (2), Unassigned (0)

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...The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams' first great popular success and an autobiographical play about his mother and sister, launched the brilliant and controversial career of this ground-breaking American playwright. Set in St Louis...

A Streetcar Named Desire

Tennessee Williams

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National Theatre

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... but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski. The fastest-selling production in Young Vic's history, Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece is brought to life on the modern stage...

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

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National Theatre

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... that threaten to destroy their marriage. With the future of the family at stake, which version of the truth is real – and which will win out? Tennessee Williams’ searing, poetic story of a family’s fight for survival is a twentieth century...