Tennessee Williams (Writer) | Playbill

Tennessee Williams

Writer
  • Also Known As: Thomas Lanier Williams
  • Born: Mar 26, 1911 in Columbus, Mississippi
  • Death: Feb 25, 1983 in New York, New York

Roles (61)

The Rose Tattoo Playbill - Opening Night The Rose Tattoo
Opened October 15, 2019
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The Rose Tattoo Playbill - Opening Night
The Glass Menagerie Playbill - Opening Night The Glass Menagerie
Opened March 09, 2017
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The Glass Menagerie Playbill - Opening Night
The Glass Menagerie Playbill - Opening Night The Glass Menagerie
Opened September 26, 2013
  • Playwright
The Glass Menagerie Playbill - Opening Night
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Playbill - Opening Night Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Opened January 17, 2013
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Playbill - Opening Night
A Streetcar Named Desire Playbill - Opening Night A Streetcar Named Desire
Opened April 22, 2012
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A Streetcar Named Desire Playbill - Opening Night
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Playbill - Opening Night Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Opened March 06, 2008
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Playbill - Opening Night
A Streetcar Named Desire Playbill - Opening Night A Streetcar Named Desire
Opened April 26, 2005
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A Streetcar Named Desire Playbill - Opening Night
The Glass Menagerie Playbill - Opening Night, Feb 2005 The Glass Menagerie
Opened March 22, 2005
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Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Playbill - Opening Night, Oct 2003 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Opened November 02, 2003
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Not About Nightingales Playbill - Opening Night, Feb 1999 Not About Nightingales
Opened February 25, 1999
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Not About Nightingales Playbill - Opening Night, Feb 1999
Summer and Smoke Playbill - Opening Night, Sept 1996 Summer and Smoke
Opened September 05, 1996
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Summer and Smoke Playbill - Opening Night, Sept 1996
The Night of the Iguana Playbill - Opening Night, March 1996 The Night of the Iguana
Opened March 21, 1996
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The Night of the Iguana Playbill - Opening Night, March 1996
Garden District Playbill - Opening Night, Oct 1995 Something Unspoken
Opened October 10, 1995
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Pb Listing Placeholder BROADWAY V4 Suddenly Last Summer
Opened October 10, 1995
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The Rose Tattoo Playbill - April 1995 The Rose Tattoo
Opened April 30, 1995
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The Glass Menagerie Playbill - Opening Night, Nov 1994 The Glass Menagerie
Opened November 15, 1994
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A Streetcar Named Desire Playbill - April 1992 A Streetcar Named Desire
Opened April 12, 1992
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A Streetcar Named Desire Playbill - April 1992
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Playbill - May 1990 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Opened March 21, 1990
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Orpheus Descending Playbill - Opening Night, Sept 1989 Orpheus Descending
Opened September 24, 1989
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The Night of the Iguana Playbill - June 1988 The Night of the Iguana
Opened June 26, 1988
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A Streetcar Named Desire Playbill - March 1988 A Streetcar Named Desire
Opened March 10, 1988
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The Glass Menagerie Playbill - Dec 1983 The Glass Menagerie
Opened December 01, 1983
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The Glass Menagerie Playbill - Dec 1983
Clothes for a Summer Hotel Playbill - March 1980 Clothes for a Summer Hotel
Opened March 26, 1980
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Clothes for a Summer Hotel Playbill - March 1980
Vieux Carré Playbill - May 1977 Vieux Carré
Opened May 11, 1977
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  • Lyrics ("Sugar in the Cane" and "Lonesome Man")
Iguana Playbill - Dec 1976 The Night of the Iguana
Opened December 16, 1976
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The Eccentricities of a Nightingale Playbill - Dec 1976 The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
Opened November 23, 1976
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Pb Listing Placeholder BROADWAY V4 27 Wagons Full of Cotton
Opened January 26, 1976
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Sweet Bird of Youth Playbill - Jan 1976 Sweet Bird of Youth
Opened December 29, 1975
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The Glass Menagerie Playbill - Dec 1975 The Glass Menagerie
Opened December 18, 1975
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Playbill - Sept 1974 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Opened September 24, 1974
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A Streetcar Named Desire Playbill - Oct 1973 A Streetcar Named Desire
Opened October 01, 1973
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A Streetcar Named Desire Playbill - May 1973 A Streetcar Named Desire
Opened April 26, 1973
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Out Cry Playbill - March 1973 Out Cry
Opened March 01, 1973
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Pb Listing Placeholder BROADWAY V4 Camino Real
Opened January 08, 1970
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Pb Listing Placeholder BROADWAY V4 The Seven Descents of Myrtle
Opened March 27, 1968
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Pb Listing Placeholder BROADWAY V4
The Rose Tattoo Playbill - Nov 1966 The Rose Tattoo
Opened November 09, 1966
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Slapstick Tragedy Playbill - Feb 1966 The Mutilated
Opened February 22, 1966
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  • Lyrics
Slapstick Tragedy Playbill - Feb 1966 The Gnadiges Fraulein
Opened February 22, 1966
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  • Lyrics
The Glass Menagerie Playbill - Opening Night, May 1965 The Glass Menagerie
Opened May 04, 1965
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The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore Playbill - Jan 1964 The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
Opened January 01, 1964
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The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore Playbill - Jan 1964
The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore Playbill - Jan 1963 The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
Opened January 16, 1963
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The Night of the Iguana Playbill - Jan 1962 The Night of the Iguana
Opened December 28, 1961
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Period of Adjustment Playbill - Feb 1961 Period of Adjustment
Opened November 10, 1960
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Pb Listing Placeholder BROADWAY V4 Portrait of a Madonna
Opened April 15, 1959
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Sweet Bird of Youth Playbill - March 1959 Sweet Bird of Youth
Opened March 10, 1959
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Orpheus Descending Playbill - March 1957 Orpheus Descending
Opened March 21, 1957
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  • Lyrics ("Heavenly Grass")
Pb Listing Placeholder BROADWAY V4 A Streetcar Named Desire
Opened February 15, 1956
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Pb Listing Placeholder BROADWAY V4 27 Wagons Full of Cotton
Opened April 19, 1955
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Playbill - April 1955 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Opened March 24, 1955
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Camino Real Playbill - April 1953 Camino Real
Opened March 17, 1953
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Pb Listing Placeholder BROADWAY V4 Slavenska-Franklin Co.
Opened December 08, 1952
  • "A Streetcar Named Desire" based on the play by
The Rose Tattoo Playbill - Feb 1951 The Rose Tattoo
Opened February 03, 1951
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A Streetcar Named Desire Playbill - May 1950 A Streetcar Named Desire
Opened May 23, 1950
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Summer and Smoke Playbill - Nov 1948 Summer and Smoke
Opened October 06, 1948
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A Streetcar Named Desire Playbill - Aug 1948 A Streetcar Named Desire
Opened December 03, 1947
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You Touched Me Playbill - Sept 1945 You Touched Me
Opened September 25, 1945
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The Glass Menagerie Playbill - Aug 1945 The Glass Menagerie
Opened March 31, 1945
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Awards

Drama Desk Award
1999 Outstanding New Play Nominee
New York Drama Critics' Circle
1962 Best American Play Winner
1955 Best American Play Winner
1948 Best American Play Winner
1945 Best American Play Winner
Pulitzer Prize
1955 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Winner
1948 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Winner
Tony Award
1951 Author of a Play Winner
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