A Distant Country Called Youth

A Distant Country Called Youth

Steve R. Lawson, Tennessee Williams

A Distant Country Called Youth

A Distant Country Called Youth

Steve R. Lawson, Tennessee Williams

Overview

Spanning the twenty five years from boyhood to the opening of The Glass Menagerie, this one man show evokes the evolution of an American genius through his extraordinary correspondence with family, friends, lovers and other writers. Hilarious, raunchy and poetic in turn, the piece spotlights these fairly obscure years in William's life. Here is a young Thomas Lanier Williams growing up, exploring and finding his artistic voice as Tennessee Williams.

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  • Caution Mild Adult Mild Adult Themes

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  • Genre: Biography

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Steve R. Lawson

Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) explored passion with daring honesty and forged a poetic theatre of raw psychological insight that shattered conventional proprieties and transformed the American stage. The autobiographical The Glass Menagerie brought what Mr. Williams called “ ...
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