Tennessee Williams - 100 years - New Orleans, LA
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member denben
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This historic marker is located at 722 Toulouse Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. When he moved to New Orleans in 1938, American playwright Tennessee Williams first lived in this building.
Waymark Code: WM12CH0
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 04/27/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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Tennessee Williams lived on the third floor of this building. He arrived in New Orleans the day after Christmas in 1938. He came on a Greyhound bus. He was coming from Memphis, where he was visiting his grandparents. He found a room in this former guesthouse, which was run by Mrs. Anderson. Now the building is the offices for The Historic New Orleans Collection.

The historic marker was placed in 2011 to honor the centenary of the birth of Tennessee Williams on March 26, 1911. It reads:

"TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, AT HOME IN NEW ORLEANS - Early in his career playright Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams lived in an upstairs apartment at this location, 722 Toulouse Street. This plaque was placed here to honor the centennial of Tennessee Williams' birth, March 26, 1911, through the efforts of the Tennessee Williams / New Orleans Literacy Festival, which in 2011 celebrated its 25th anniversary. This building is owned and has been restored by the Historic New Orleans Collection."

From Wikipedia: "Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama.

Raised in St. Louis, Missouri, after years of obscurity, at age 33 he became suddenly famous with the success of The Glass Menagerie (1944) in New York City. This play closely reflected his own unhappy family background. It was the first of a string of successes, including A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), Sweet Bird of Youth (1959), and The Night of the Iguana (1961). With his later work, he attempted a new style that did not appeal to audiences. His drama A Streetcar Named Desire is often numbered on short lists of the finest American plays of the 20th century alongside Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.

Much of Williams' most acclaimed work has been adapted for the cinema. He also wrote short stories, poetry, essays and a volume of memoirs. In 1979, four years before his death, Williams was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame." (visit link)
Anniversary Year: 2011

Year of Event, Organization or Occurance: 1911

Address:
722 Toulouse Street,
New Orleans, LA, USA
70130


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