by John Lahr
and TW’s break with Wood, 513–14
as TW’s European agent, 516, 517
TW’s letters to, 192–93, 237, 249, 250, 253–54, 263, 265, 295–96, 297, 313, 315, 317, 324, 330, 345, 350, 372, 395–96, 404, 412, 421, 438, 452, 458, 460–61, 463, 475, 517, 537, 539, 540–41, 545, 551, 665n, 667n, 694n
TW’s Memoirs and, 592
and TW’s paranoia, 515
TW’s relationship with, 156, 157–58, 159, 160, 162, 170, 176, 237–38, 250–51, 281, 298, 299, 310, 460, 485, 514–15, 564, 566, 592–93
as TW’s self-appointed literary executor, xv, 161, 591–92, 594–601
on TW’s subject matter as creative dead end, 170–71
Vidal and, 160–61, 598, 600
St. Just, Peter Grenfell, Lord, 301–2, 594
St. Louis, Mo., Williams family in, 35–38, 497
Sanjurjo, Luis, 583, 587
Santa Monica, Calif., TW in, 94–95
Saroyan, William, 4, 21–22
TW’s letters to, 31, 96
Satan (dog), 429, 431
Saturday Review, 534–35
Save Me the Waltz (Z. Fitzgerald), 561
Sayre, Nora, 221
Schneider, Alan, 475, 480
Schneider, Irving, 134, 135
Schrader, Paul, 682n
Schulberg, Budd, 187
Schwartz, Alan U., 461, 465–66, 516, 517
Schwartz, Arthur, 275
Scofield, Paul, 514, 517
Seagull, The (Chekhov), 25, 717n
Seawell, Donald, 467
Sebastian Venable (char.), 356–57
Seconal, 279–80, 285, 324, 349, 585, 587, 588
Seidelman, Arthur Allan, 559
Seldes, Marian, 471
Selected Letters (Williams), xiii
Selznick, Irene:
Bell, Book and Candle produced by, 212–14
Kazan’s relationship with, 131, 132–33, 145, 253
Rose Tattoo and, 193, 196–97, 199, 214
as Streetcar producer, 125–29, 131–34, 138, 142, 145
TW’s letters to, 197, 218
“Separate Poem, A” (Williams), 404, 449, 650n
Serafina (char.), 182–83, 195, 197–98, 200, 204–10, 317
Seven Descents of Myrtle, The (Williams), 482, 485
Seven Year Itch, The (film), 320
Sewanee, 118
Shannon, Rev. (char.), 413–14, 415, 416, 421, 424
self-destructiveness of, 415, 439–40
Shaw, Irwin, 201, 262
Shepard, Sam, 476
Sherin, Ed, 550–51, 552–53, 552, 597
Show, 530
Shubert Theatre, TW memorial at, 588–89
Shulman, Milton, 160
Shurlock, Geoffrey, 226
Sidney, Sylvia, 559
“Siege, The” (Williams), 86–87
Silverstein, Mike, 532
Simon, John, 567, 714n
Simon, Neil, 549
Singer, Louis, Glass Menagerie and, 1–2, 5, 9, 12, 126, 643n
Sitwell, Edith, 274, 276, 668n
Skin of Our Teeth, The (Wilder), 194, 468
Skouras, Spyros, 251
Slapstick Tragedy (Williams), 442, 474–75, 477–82, 494–95
Sloane, Al, 461
Small Craft Warnings (Williams), 442, 521–22, 535
reviews of, 530
rewriting of, 528–29
success of, 530
TW as “Doc” in, 530–32, 531
Smith, Bruce, on TW’s relationship with St. Just, 593
Smith, Jane, 585, 586, 587
Smith, Jane Lawrence, 362
Smith, Liz, 569
Smith, Stevie, 456
Smith, William Jay, on Battle of Angels fiasco, 25–26
“Soft City, The” (Williams), 173, 652n
Sokolow, Anna, 267–68
“Some of These Days” (Purdy), 586
Something Cloudy, Something Clear (Williams), 94, 462, 569, 572, 597
South, University of the, TW’s bequest to, 594–95
Southeast Banks of Florida, 593, 596, 599
Soviet Union, 219, 233
“Speech from the Stairs” (Williams), 29
Spellman, Cardinal Francis, 230, 320, 675n
Spiegel, Sam, 262
Spinning Song, The (Williams), 41
conflict between TW’s parents portrayed in, 44–45
Splendor in the Grass (film), 390, 406, 410
Spoleto, Italy, 412, 416, 442
Spring Storm (Williams), 314, 366–67
Stairs to the Roof (Williams), 56, 329, 629n–30n
Stallone, Sylvester, 569
Stanley Kowalski (char.), see Kowalksi, Stanley (char.)
Stapleton, Maureen, 363, 399, 431, 461, 502
Orpheus Descending and, 342
Rose Tattoo and, 211–12, 213, 216–18
TW’s friendship with, 217, 345, 556, 568–69
TW’s letters to, 217, 219
Stark, Ray, 466
Starless Air, The (Windham), 669n
Stein, Jean, 301
Steinbeck, Elaine, 273–74, 274, 465
Steinbeck, John, 198, 241, 262, 273–74, 274, 387, 465
Stella Kowalski (char.), 99, 118–20, 122, 229
Stevens, Ashton, 13
Stevens, Roger, 554
Sticky My Fingers, Fleet My Feet (film), 557
Stirrup, Dan, 462
Stone, Karen (char.), 176, 177–82
inner void in, 178
late sexual awakening of, 179–80
Stonewall riots, 521
Stony Lodge, 362–63
Stopped Rocking (Williams), 555–58, 568, 597, 716n
“Stornello” (Williams), see Rose Tattoo, The (Williams)
Story, 2
Streetcar Named Desire, A (film), 184–85, 210, 225
Academy Award nominations of, 232, 248, 249
Breen office and, 226–29, 230
Kazan and, 226–28, 230–32, 249
Legion of Decency and, 229–31
proposed remake of, 569–70
success of, 240, 245, 258
TW’s screenplay revisions for, 226
Streetcar Named Desire, A (Williams), 94, 112, 142, 146, 149, 210, 284, 393, 644n
Bankhead and, 317, 322–24, 323
Broadway opening of, 145–46, 149
casting of, 133–38
early versions of, 69, 95, 116, 118–19
Garfield and, 133–35
Kazan and, 119–20, 122, 129, 139, 141, 142–43, 145, 146, 194
London production of, 196, 198, 199, 656n
Pulitzer Prize awarded to, 150, 160
revivals of, 301, 398, 399, 493, 550, 596–97
rewriting of, 120–23, 124–25, 138–39, 141
Selznick and, 125–29, 131–34, 138, 142, 145
success of, 149–50, 151
tryouts of, 141–43
Strindberg, August, 18, 495, 705n
Suddenly, Last Summer (film), 359, 395, 424
Suddenly Last Summer (Williams), 356–57, 359, 363, 369, 370–71, 372, 398, 420
reviews of, 369
Sullavan, Margaret, 133
Summer and Smoke (Williams), 73–74, 79, 81, 82, 94, 95, 98, 101, 110, 118, 119, 122, 140, 314
Broadway production of, 150, 162–64
Off-Broadway revival of, 258, 385, 650n
poor reviews of, 164, 173
writing of, 103, 104, 108, 111, 113, 114–15
Sweet Bird of Youth (film), 386, 395
Sweet Bird of Youth (Williams), 182, 241, 324, 326, 378, 382, 403
Kazan and, 377, 378, 383–91, 392, 394, 399–400, 408, 673n
London production of, 399
as metaphor for TW’s relationship with Merlo, 380–82
monstrousness in, 377
Philadelphia tryout of, 388–89, 391
reviews of, 392, 393, 408, 409
rewriting of, 372, 374, 375–76, 384
spiritual attrition of fame as theme
of, 393
success of, 392, 395
TW on, 389, 390–91, 392–93, 394–95
workshop production of, 327, 327
Sylvester, Robert, 273
Symbol and Neurosis (Kubie), 346–47
Tabori, George, 253
Tandy, Jessica, 151–52
Streetcar and, 133, 139, 142–43, 145–46, 146, 149
“Tangiers: The Speechless Summer” (Williams), 453
Tangiers, TW in, 449–50, 474
Taos, N.Mex., TW’s trip to, 104–6, 284, 669n
Taylor, Elizabeth, 359
Taylor, Laurette, 67, 212, 323
death of, 115
drinking by, 3–4, 7–8, 15, 621n
Glass Menagerie and, 3, 5, 7–8, 10, 11–12, 32, 53, 60, 61–62, 63, 434, 468, 620n
TW on, 8, 11–12, 32–33, 62
Tea and Sympathy (Anderson), 263, 291
television, social impact of, 220
Tell Them I’m on My Way (Goodman), 595–96
Ten Blocks on the Camino Real (Williams), 240, 245, 253, 254
“Tennessee” (Laughlin), 583
Tennessee: Cry of the Heart (Rader), 508
Tennessee Williams’ Letters to Donald Windham: 1940–1965, 546–47, 598, 714n
Tennessee Williams’ South (film), 589
Teresa, Mother, 579
Terkel, Studs, 101, 717n
Texas, University of, Harry Ransom Center at, 596
Thacher, Molly Day, 252, 274, 304, 372, 465
Camino Real and, 261–62, 263, 265, 273
Kazan’s reliance on critical judgment of, 262–63
Rose Tattoo and, 183, 195, 198–99
Streetcar and, 129
Sweet Bird of Youth and, 378–79, 387, 388
TW’s correspondence with, 174, 263, 265
Theater of the Ridiculous, 476
Theatre Guild, 20, 22–27, 126, 623n
Theatre Musicians Union, 218
This Is (An Entertainment) (Williams), 592–93
“Three Players of a Summer Game” (Williams), 236, 284
Time, 219, 321, 392, 402, 431, 439, 492, 530, 579
TW on cover of, 436–37
Timebends (Miller), 251–52, 476
Time Is Ripe, The (Odets), 1
Time of Your Life, The (Saroyan), 4
Tiny Closet, The (Inge), 412
Tom: The Unknown Tennessee Williams (Leverich), xiii, xiv–xv, 56, 359
publication of, 601
St. Just and, xv, 599–600
“To Maria Britneva” (Williams), 279
Tom Jones (film), 467
Tom Wingfield/Narrator (char.), 2–3, 7, 12, 32, 52, 59–60, 65, 73, 88, 368–69, 578
Too Much, Too Soon (Diana Barrymore), 397, 400
Torn, Rip, 514
Torrance, Lady (char.), 331–36
Town and Country, 7
Tracy, Spencer, 425
Truck and Warehouse Theater (New York), 530
Truckline Café (Anderson), 135
Tucker, Gary, 580
Twentieth Century Fox, 251
27 Wagons Full of Cotton (Williams), 245
27 Wagons Full of Cotton: And Other One-Act Plays (Williams), 69–70, 240
Two-Character Play, The (Williams), 482, 483–85, 594, 598
see also Out Cry (Williams)
“Two on a Party” (Williams), 219, 221
Tynan, Kenneth, 105, 238–40, 287, 343, 392, 477, 656n
Sweet Bird of Youth and, 393–94
TW’s letters to, 48, 393, 394, 446
Uecker, John, 580, 583–84, 585–87
Umberto (char.) see Mangiacavallo, Alvaro (char.)
Vaccaro, Marion, 419, 420, 429, 457, 473–74, 483, 497, 502, 519, 651n, 691n
TW’s letters to, 460, 466
“Valediction” (Williams), 361
Val Xavier (char.), 17–19, 25, 46, 94, 315, 331, 332–36, 337, 339–40, 677n
in quest for redemption, 19–20, 96–97, 333–34
as TW’s surrogate, 329, 330
van Druten, John, 212
Van Fleet, Jo, 427
Van Gogh, Vincent, 29
Van Horne, Harriet, 250, 302, 594
Van Saher, Lilla, 396, 449, 483
Variety, 23, 187, 308, 341, 438
Venable, Mrs. (char.), 356, 369
Edwina as model for, 357
Venice, TW in, 236
Vidal, Gore, 154, 154, 156, 275, 522, 596, 711n
on Edwina, 52, 157, 571
on homophobia, 222
on McCullers and TW, 106
St. Just and, 160–61, 597, 600
on St. Just’s relationship with TW, 251, 592
on Streetcar, 146, 222
on TW’s family as character prototypes, 35
TW’s letters to, 193
on TW’s psychoanalysis, 354
and TW’s relationship with Merlo, 418
on TW’s transformation of personal experience into drama, 94
on TW’s writing habits, 35
on Walter Dakin, 41, 42
Vienna, Red Devil Battery Sign in, 553–55
Vieux Carré (Williams), 535, 555–56, 558–60
New York failure of, 559–60
revivals of, 582
successful London production of, 560
Village Voice, 533
Visconti, Luchino, 174
Viva Zapata! (film), 198
Vizzard, Jack, 226, 227, 230
Voglis, Vass, 585–86, 587
Vogue, 7, 66, 234
Von Stein, William G., 462, 502
Waiting for Godot (Beckett), 441
Waiting for Lefty (Odets), 22, 130, 644n
Wald, Jerry, 187
Walker, Hiram, 555
Wallace, Mike, TW’s interview with, 354–55
Wallach, Eli, 566
Baby Doll and, 318
Camino Real and, 254, 267, 269, 271, 275
Rose Tattoo and, 206, 211, 212, 216
Walston, Ray, 163–64
Waltz of the Toreadors, The (Anouilh), 342
Warner, Jack, 169, 187, 228
Warner Brothers, 173–74, 185, 186, 227, 230, 320
Warren, Robert Penn, 567
Washington Confidential, 222–23
Washington Post, 590
Watts, Richard, Jr., 273, 274, 311
Wayne, Chance (char.), 182, 375–76, 378–79
self-destructiveness of, 379, 383, 391, 392
as surrogate for both TW and Merlo, 380–81, 383
“We Are Dissenters Now” (Williams), 526
Webster, Margaret, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 285
Weill, Kurt, 23, 348
West End (London), 476–77
What Makes Sammy Run? (Schulberg), 187
“What’s Next on the Agenda, Mr. Williams?” (Williams), 503–4
Wherry, Kenneth, 222
Whiteside, Cassandra “Sandra” (char.), 19, 25
Whitman, Walt, 78, 94
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Albee), 441
Why Are We in Vietnam? (Mailer), 527
“Why Do Homosexual Playwrights Hide Their Homosexuality?” (Barton), 532–33
Wilde, Oscar, xiii
Wilder, Thornton, 141, 194, 241, 468
Wild River (film), 390, 410
Williams, Cornelius Coffin “CC,” 35, 37, 57, 293, 332, 632n
courtship and marriage with Edwina, 43, 625n
Dakin’s relationship with, 46, 344
death of, 343–45
drinking by, 43, 46, 49, 72, 78, 344, 354
Edwina’s sexual rejection of, 44
emotional coldness of, 41, 48
fun-loving character of, 43
as model for “Cornelius McCorkle,” 573, 575
protracted absences of, 36, 59
Rose and, 359
as traveling salesman, 41
TW on, 40, 48, 49
TW’s relationship with, 46, 48–49, 56, 78, 343–44
TW’s revised view of, 352–55
violent temper of, 45–46, 56
warfare between Edwina and, 43–44, 48, 49, 56, 575
womanizing of, 44, 78, 204
youthful rebelliousness of, 40–41
Williams, Dakin, 35, 42, 219, 223, 320, 472, 492, 576
CC’s relationship with, 46
in decision to bury TW in St. Louis, 589–91
Diana Barrymore’s letters to, 398, 399–400
on Edwina, 51, 53, 56
on Glavin’s relationship with TW, 494, 495
Illinois senatorial bid of, 500, 506, 575
on parents’ relationship, 44
power of attorney of, 517–18
sexual repression of, 54
TW biography written by, 589–90
and TW’s Barnes Hospital commitment, 499, 500–502, 504
and TW’s conversion to Catholicism, 491
TW’s demonizing of, 502, 515, 519
TW’s letters to, 466, 472, 502–3
and TW’s relationship with Pancho, 110–11
and TW’s sixties depression, 483, 494, 497
in TW’s will, 590–91
Williams, Edwina Dakin, 35, 38, 57, 72, 104, 219, 220, 276, 326, 336, 472, 576, 653n
on CC’s relationship with TW, 48
CC’s relationship with, see Williams, Cornelius Coffin “CC”
on CC’s temper, 45–46
children as focus of, 44, 55
death of, 356, 571
father’s relationship with, 188–89
garrulousness of, 51
Glass Menagerie and, 52–53, 627n
half of Glass Menagerie royalties given to, 62–63, 344
In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel and, 492
insensitivity of, 41, 42–43
memoir of, 38, 354, 359
mental breakdown of, 330, 627–28n
as model for Amanda, 156–57, 355–56
as model for Mrs. Venable, 357
physical contact avoided by, 53
pretended gaiety of, 51–522
puritanism of, 43, 53, 56, 74, 77–78, 88, 140, 204, 223
and Rose’s lobotomy, 58, 356, 357, 359, 361–62, 681n–82n
on St. Louis homes, 38
sexual hysteria of, 44, 53, 58, 74, 77, 78, 204
as snob, 38
at Streetcar opening, 140
TW on, 42–43, 53–54, 55
and TW’s Barnes Hospital commitment, 499–500
and TW’s fame, 67
TW’s letters to, 363–65, 457, 466, 619n, 709n
TW’s relationship with, 56
TW’s revised view of, 355–56
and TW’s sixties depression, 483
Vidal on, 52, 157
writing career forced on TW by, 56
Williams, Isabel, 344
Williams, Isabel Coffin, 38, 40
Williams, Rose, 35, 46, 53, 233, 364
CC and, 359
deterioration of, 330
Eastman as co-trustee for, 592, 595
in Farmington State Hospital, 54, 58, 359, 360–61, 362, 716n
glass animal collection of, 37–38
lobotomy of, 58, 59, 72, 76, 356, 357, 359, 361–62, 366, 367, 544, 681n–82n