Tennessee Williams Biography (True or False)
The narrator refers to Tennessee Williams as the "Crazy Genius."
False (Wounded Genius)
"The Gentleman Caller" later was named "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
False
As a child Williams suffered with polio
False
Tennessee Williams was given his name because he was born in that state
False
Williams was widely successful when he died
False
Williams' only enduring relationship was with an actor named Marlon Brando
False (Frank Merlo)
"The Glass Menagerie" is about Williams' homosexual relationships
False (It was about Rose)
William's lover died from AIDS
False (Lung Cancer)
In her late teens Rose had to be hospitalized by diphtheria
False (Mental problems)
Williams attended 4 different colleges before graduating
False (Only 3)
The police concluded that Williams was murdered because he was planning to change his will
False (Some said suicide and others thought murder)
Audrey Woods was William's long-time agent
True
His father was a violent man who was a womanizer and a poker player
True
His mother was Puritanical and warned the children that God would punish them
True
In 1938 Williams moved to New Orleans
True
Williams and his sister Rose were very close
True
Williams is regarded as having single handedly kept the theatre alive in the 50s and 60s
True
Williams moved to Hollywood in the summer of 1943
True
Williams showed up drunk for a talk show with David Frost
True
Williams was a perfectionist
True
Williams won 2 Pulitzer Prizes for his plays
True
Many claim that critics killed Williams
True ("The critics who made him, broke him")
Williams was considered a wordsmith because his plays were filled with poetic language
True (He was a playwright and poet)
Williams was nicknamed Tenacity Williams
True (He was always willing to work)
Near his death, Williams became paranoid that people were going to kill him
True (He was rejected by the theatre)