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Thomas lanier williams iii, better known by the nickname tennessee williams, was a major american playwright of the twentieth century who received many of the top theatrical awards for his work. Though separated briefly in 1961 and again in 1962, the two were partners for 15 years. The night of the iguana i thought that i was purchasing the script for night of the iguana. Since difficulty of communication between individuals seems to be one of the sadder of human misfortunes that tennessee williams is writing about in his play, the night of the iguana, it is ironical that the film john huston has made from it has difficulty in communicating, too. Tennessee williams was proclaimed a literary genius with his landmark play the glass menagerie, which opened on broadway in 1945. Stone, cat on a hot tin roof, summer and smoke, the rose tattoo. At a shabby hotel in mexico, c 1940, various american tour.
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