Michiko kakutani biography of williams

Cover your ears, everyone.

Michiko kakutani biography of williams

It's about to get loud and melodramatic...

Ahem...

"HEY, STELLA!"

Phew. We channeled our best Brando for that. 

So chances are you've heard that quote before. It's one of the most famous screams in theatre history, and it's been irritating women named Stella since 1947. 

If you haven't heard it before, then allow us to set the scene: Stanley Kowalski, the anti-hero of Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire, stands below the balcony of his New Orleans flat.

Drunk, miserable, and recently kicked out of his home by his wife, he throws back his head and lets out a cry full of primal rage, fear, and desire. 

It's raw, it's real, and it's pure Tennessee Williams. 

In a career that lasted more than forty years, Williams established himself as an icon of American theatre by giving a voice to those raw, real emotions.

In addition to Streetcar, his plays include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, T