Tennessee Williams - amazing 7-min interview (1981)

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Revelatory interview with Tennessee Williams in one of his final interviews, a year before his death in 1982. Considered one of the three foremost American playwrights of the 20th century, Tennessee talks about his major early plays A Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie and how life in New Orleans influenced his sexuality, plus feeling misunderstood by critics for his later work. Brilliant insight into Tennessee Williams, American literary giant.

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@wordswordswords8203 Жыл бұрын

Wow. Tennessee Williams is my favorite writer. What a fascinating and sensitive man he appears to be here. He had an astounding gift for writing and for conveying what it means to be human and alive in this world.

@thealexandrapalma 2 ай бұрын

he is so magnetic! an enigma! i love him!

@michelez715 9 ай бұрын

😅I've loved TW since I was a teenager. I don't think he's the greatest writer or playwright ever, but I know of no writer with more compassion for human beings, more empathy and understanding. I think he died a couple of yrs after this interview, and the critics had already written him off before then, but he made 2 points that have absolutely come true, as I write this in 2023. Firstly, he couldn't go on writing the same plays he wrote as a young man. He was a creative artist, which meant he changed , and experimented and developed new styles, which the critics couldn't/wouldn't accept. NOW, those later works are being acclaimed and staged worldwide, recognized as new masterpieces from the old master. It took great courage for him to continue to follow his ideas, in the face of so much derision and mockery. So to me, he is a great writer and a hero.

@blanchefan 3 ай бұрын

Yes he is. Thank you for this contribution; "the bird" would be grateful.

@bovnycccoperalover3579 8 ай бұрын

Much better than the longer, earlier Dick Cavett interview.

@godfunk 5 ай бұрын

We were all were forced to read Streetcar and nobody saw this?!

@terrydowning5055 Жыл бұрын

Very good

@Resenbrink 11 ай бұрын

Very interesting to hear him speak like this and a little sad to hear him say he still has something to offer as a writer.

@michelez715 9 ай бұрын

It is a little sad, but he triumphed. Those last experimental plays are now being staged and acclaimed. He had faith in himself, despite the scorn of the critics, and continued in the path he had chosen.

@jeanmccallum-xs8rk Ай бұрын

One of the liveliest, deepest, most interesting writers ever.❤