38. Rose at the sanitarium. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
39. Grandfather Dakin’s graduation photo. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
40. In the state of innocence. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
41. On an Ozark holiday. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
42. Dakin and me outside a summer cabin. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
43. At the swimming hole in the Ozarks. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
44. About the time I graduated from high school. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
45. In Clayton living room. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
46. Dakin and me in Jerome, Missouri, August 1929. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
47. Trying to be a writer—1939. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
(Chapter Four)
48. High school photo. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
49. On the staff of The Eliot. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
50. In the shoe business in St. Louis. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
51. Tom in Acapulco. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
52. In New Orleans, 1946. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
53. East Fifty-eighth Street apartment studio. (Phyllis Cerf Wagner, 1954)
54. Aboard the S.S. Ile de France. (Louis Hamon)
55. In the East Fifty-eighth Street apartment. (Karsh of Ottawa, from Woodfin Camp)
56. At a fiesta in Valencia, Spain. (Duncan Melvin)
57. Tennessee. (Harold Halma)
58. On camel, by Pyramids and Sphinx. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
59. Arriving in Rome, 1969. (UPI)
60. With Buffo. (From the author’s personal collection)
61. Drunk and delighted. (From the author’s personal collection)
(Chapter Six)
62. Kip. (From the author’s personal collection)
63. In front of the squab ranch. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
64. With Irene Selznick and Elia Kazan. (From the author’s personal collection)
65. Frank Merlo, Elia Kazan, Tennessee, Charles Feldman during production of Streetcar. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
66. Chris Isherwood. (From the author’s personal collection)
67. Maria. (International Press Photo, Ltd.)
68. On the Lido with Maria. (From the author’s personal collection)
69. Audrey Wood, Carson and me at the party after the opening of Summer and Smoke. (From the author’s personal collection)
70. With Sam Goldwyn, Jr., and Carson McCullers, in Key West during the 1950’s. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
71. With Irene Selznick and Margo Jones, at the time of Summer and Smoke. (UPI)
72. Jane and Paul Bowles. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
73. Tallulah. (UPI)
74. With Donald Windham. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
75. Donald Windham, my collaborator on You Touched Me! (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
76. Arriving with Anna Magnani in New York. (UPI)
(Chapter Eight)
77. Magnani preceding tempest at a Roman night club. (From the author’s personal collection)
78. With Visconti. (Entertainment Press Service)
79. Frankie. (From the author’s personal collection)
80. Outside the studio in Key West (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
81. Inside the Key West studio during the fifties. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
82. On the porch in Key West. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
83. The writing desk in Key West. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
84. In New York apartment, with Buffo and Frankie. (From the author’s personal collection)
85. With Grandfather and “Mr. Moon.” (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
86. Key West, 1947. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
87. With Gore Vidal in Key West, 1950’s. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
88. The house in Key West. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
89. Frank Merlo on the beach in Key West. (From the author’s personal collection)
90. Anna and me in the dining room at Key West, 1950. (From the author’s personal collection)
(Chapter Nine)
91. Lois Smith and Cliff Robertson in Orpheus Descending. (Friedman-Abeles)
92. The incredible Laurette Taylor, in The Glass Menagerie on Broadway in 1945. (The Granger Collection, New York)
93. Julie Haydon as Laura. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
94. Laurette Taylor with Eddie Dowling in Menagerie. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
95. The movie version of Menagerie. (Cinemabilia)
96. Windham and me at rehearsal of You Touched Me! (The Vandamm Collection, New York Public Library Theatre Collection)
97. With Thornton Wilder, Donald Windham at rehearsal of You Touched Me! (The Vandamm Collection, New York Public Library Theatre Collection)
98. With Frank Merlo and Charles Feldman at the time of Streetcar. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
99. The closing scene in the Broadway production of Streetcar. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
100. A party for Streetcar. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
101. Jessica Tandy as Blanche DuBois. (Hoblitzelle Theatre Arts Library, The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
102. Vivien Leigh and Brando in the movie of Streetcar. (Hoblitzelle Theatre Arts Library, The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
103. Rosemary Harris as Blanche. (Martha Swope)
104. Margaret Phillips in Summer and Smoke. (Eileen Darby, Graphic House, Inc.)
105. With representative Mr. Bill Barnes. (Alex Gotfryd)
(Chapter Ten, Group One)
106. With Maureen Stapleton and Frankie during the Chicago run of The Rose Tattoo. (From the author’s personal collection)
107. Maureen Stapleton and Eli Wallach in The Rose Tattoo. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
108. On the film set of The Rose Tattoo. (Sanford Roth)
109. The Rose Tattoo (film). (UPI)
110. Burt Lancaster and Anna Magnani. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
112. Vivien Leigh and Warren Beatty in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
113. The end of The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone. (Hoblitzelle Theatre Arts Library, The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
114. Joseph Anthony in Camino Real. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
115. Camille’s entrance in Camino Real. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
116. Eli Wallach in Camino Real. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
117. A scene from Camino Real, a versio
n with Al Pacino. (Wide World Photos)
118. Barbara Bel Geddes and Mildred Dunnock in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
119. Maggie and Big Daddy. (The Humanites Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
120. Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
121. Elizabeth Ashley. (Martha Swope)
122. Eli Wallach and Carroll Baker in Baby Doll. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
123. At a rehearsal of Orpheus Descending. (Friedman-Abeles)
124. Maureen Stapleton and Cliff Robertson in Orpheus Descending. (Friedman-Abeles)
125. With Anna on set of The Fugitive Kind. (Courtesy of Penguin Photos)
126. Brando and Magnani in The Fugitive Kind. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
127. Anna Magnani, Marlon Brando, Joanne Woodward in The Fugitive Kind. (National Screen Corporation)
128. This Property Is Condemned. (Roy Schatt)
129. Garden District. (Friedman-Abeles)
(Chapter Ten, Group Two)
130. In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel. (Friedman-Abeles)
131. Suddenly Last Summer— Katharine Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor. (Courtesy of Penguin Photos)
132. Elizabeth Taylor in Suddenly Last Summer. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
133. Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor in Suddenly. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
134. Sweet Bird of Youth on Broadway. (Friedman-Abeles)
135. Paul Newman and Geraldine Page in the movie of Sweet Bird. (Hoblitzelle Theatre Arts Library, The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
136. This Property Is Condemned. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
137. The Night of the Iguana. (Friedman-Abeles)
138. Bette Davis in Iguana. (The Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin)
139. Richard Burton and Ava Gardner in Iguana. (Courtesy of Penguin Photos)
140. The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore. (Friedman-Abeles)
141. Slapstick Tragedy. (Friedman-Abeles)
142. Claire Bloom in Streetcar. (Jane Bown, courtesy of The Observer)
143. Small Craft Warnings. (Martha Swope)
144. Out Cry. (Martha Swope)
INDEX
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“Accent of a Coming Foot, The” (Williams), 38
Actors’ Studio, 162, 165, 166–67, 174, 183
Adams, Jim, 206–7, 209, 210
Adams, Stell, 206
Ahmanson Theatre, 157
Albus, Joanna, 111, 130, 132–34
Alcohol
Inge, 87–88
McArthur, 148
Taylor, 90
Vaccaro, 65–66
Williams, 19, 169, 174, 184–85, 194, 203, 207, 209, 215, 218, 219, 228, 232, 236, 249
Alcoholics Anonymous, 88, 137
Alden, Hortense, 175
Alexander, Dr., 119
Algonquin Hotel, 106, 165
All My Sons (Miller), 130
Alpha Chi Omega, 35
Alpha Delta Pi, 27
Alpha Tau Omega, 25–27, 29–33, 43
Alsop, Stewart, 247
Amarcord (motion picture), 252
Ambasciatore Hotel, 143
American Blues (Williams), 4
American Gothic (Wood), 64
American Hospital, 140, 245
American Shakespeare Theatre, The, 40
Anderson, Dame Judith, 160
Andrews, Todd, 152, 153
Anna Karenina (motion picture), 139
Antaeus, 187
Appalachian Club, 117–18
Atkinson, Brooks, 84, 114, 152, 153
Austen, Jane, 45
Ayers, Bradley, 203
Ayers, Lemuel, 47, 49, 76, 79, 203
Ayers, Shirley, 203
Baby Doll (Williams—motion picture), 169–70
Baddeley, Hermione, 195–98, 201
Bankhead, Tallulah, 98, 183, 196–200
Williams on, 61–62
Barber, Samuel, 146
Barnes, Billy, 34, 79, 127–28, 156–57, 178, 192, 215, 217, 227, 251–52
Barnes, Clive, 233
Barnes Hospital, 33
Barrymore, Diana, 176–77, 195
Barter Theatre, 193, 200
Bateau Ivre (Rimbaud), 123
Batista, Fulgencio, 68
Battle of Angels (Williams), 52, 59, 61, 63, 69, 103, 147, 172
Boston closing, 62–63
rewriting of, 64
Baxley, Barbara, 87–88, 90, 165
Bedford, Brian, 212
Bedford, Patrick, 34–35
Bedinger, Mrs., 14
Bedinger, Albert, 14, 15
Bérard, Bésé, 149
Berenson, Bernard, 146
Berenson, Marisa, 218
Bergman, Ingrid, 76
Bernhardt, Sarah, 86
Bernstein, Leonard, 92–94
Bible, the, 230
Bigelow, Paul, 3, 52, 89
Black, Mrs. Cora, 64, 65, 66
Black, Reverend George, 63
Blackmer, Sidney, 89, 173
Blanch, Arnold, 64–65
Blanche’s Chair in the Moon (Williams), 86
Bogart, Humphrey, 76
Book–Cadillac Hotel, 180, 182
BOOM (motion picture), 198, 200, 201, 210
Booth, Shirley, 89, 219
Bowden, Chuck, 40, 127, 183, 212
Bowles, Jane, 59, 159–60, 170, 187
Williams on, 159–60, 170
Bowles, Paul, 59, 150, 159–60
Brando, Marlon, 51, 82–83, 96, 131–32, 137
Brecht, Bertolt, 41, 142
Brett, Dorothy, 102
Bricktop, 40
Bridges, James, 242
Britneva, Maria. See St. Just, Lady
Brooks, Stella, 133
Brown, Andy, 224
Brownlow, William G., 117
Brownlow, Mrs. William G., 117
Bujold, Genevieve, 179, 192, 215, 233
Burke, Billie, 65
Burton, Richard, 200
Bynner, Witter, 102
Cabaret (motion picture), 218
Caedmon Records, 178
Cairo, Shanghai, Bombay! (Williams), 40, 41–42
Caldwell, Zoe, 212
Calley, Lieutenant, 247
Camille (motion picture), 139
Camino Real (Williams), 145, 165–67, 188, 206, 247
critical response to, 166, 167
New York opening, 167
Philadelphia tryout, 166
Canadian Broadcasting Company, 95
Candles to the Sun (Williams), 44
Capote, Truman, 150–51, 153, 158
Carroll, Helena, 51, 114, 214
Casablanca (motion picture), 75–76
Cassidy, Claudia, 85, 162
Castro, Fidel, 67, 68
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Williams), 68, 84, 168–69, 170, 188, 248
critical response to, 169
New York Drama Critics’ Award for, 169
New York opening, 169
Pulitzer Prize for, 169
as Williams’ favorite play, 168, 234
Chapin, Betty, 123
Chekov, Anton, 40–41
Chicago Tribune, 85, 162
City and the Pillar, The (Vidal), 146
Clayton, Jack, 178
Clift, Montgomery, 96
Clurman, Harold, 4, 172–73
Coconut Grove Theatre, 183–84
Cocteau, Jean, 149, 171
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 171
Collier, Constance, 139
Colombe d’Or, La, 140
Columbia University, 123
Come Back, Little Sheba (Inge), 89
Comédie Française, 82
Communism, 94, 142
Connell, Mrs. Helen, 88–89
Connery, Sean, 200
Continental Shoemakers, 36, 39, 116
Cook, Peter, 246
Corsaro, Frank, 182–83, 184
Coward, Noöl, 236
Crane, Hart, 3, 117, 250
Crawford, Cheryl, 167, 173
Crawford, Joan, 139
Cuba, 67–69, 111, 177
Cukor, George, 138
Daily Worker, The, 78
Dakin, Rose O., 11, 17, 24, 39, 40, 59, 110–11, 118, 147
Dakin, Walter Edwin, 11, 16, 19, 21, 24, 39, 40, 42, 63, 110–13, 126, 130, 147
Dale, Jim, 40
Dallesandro, Joe, 178, 216
“Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze” (Saroyan), 37
Darling, Candy, 33–35, 51, 157, 192
Davies, Marion, 77
Davis, Bette, 182–83
Deaconess Hospital, 213, 214
De Beauvoir, Simone, 68–69
Deering, Olive, 176
“Delicate Prey, The” (Bowles), 159
Dellinger, Dave, 145
“Desire and the Black Masseur” (Williams), 159, 231
Devine, George, 201
Diaghilev, Sergei Pavlovich, 9
Dirtiest Show in Town, The (Eyen), 170
Doctors Hospital, 248
Doriden, 205, 209
Dowling, Eddie, 81, 82
Dramatists Guild, 7, 52
“Dream of Tennessee Williams, A,” 221, 223
Drugs
Inge, 87–88
Merlo, 186
Williams, 174, 215–16, 219, 222, 228
Doriden, 205, 209
Mellaril, 205, 209
Nembutal, 171, 192, 240
Nytol, 225
Ritallin, 239
Seconal, 158, 169, 182, 203, 210–11, 225–26
Witherspoon, 70
Duff–MacCormick, Cara, xvi–xvii, 233
Dunaway, Faye, 178
Dunnock, Mildred, 160
Duse, Eleanora, 85, 86
Elle, 140
Esquire, 217, 221, 223
Evans, Professor Oliver, 105, 202
Excelsior Hotel, 178, 217
Fanning, Gene, 34, 239
Farrell, James T., 175
Faulkner, William, 170, 171
Fellini, Federico, 252
Feuillere, Edwige, 82, 176
Fitzgerald, Neil, 96
Fitzgerald, Scott, 178
Fleishman, Walter, 45, 47
Ford, Ruth, 156, 227
Forster, E. M., 148
Four Saints in Three Acts (Stein), 50