“Everything in his life is in his plays, and everything in his plays is in his life,” Elia Kazan said of Tennessee Williams. Williams, who is considered to be the greatest Southern playwright, inserted many of his own personal experiences into his writing, because he “found no other means of expressing things that seemed to demand expression” (Magill 1087). He stated that his primary sources of inspiration for his works were his family, the South, and …showed first 75 words of 1913 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1913 total…individuals trapped by circumstance” (Magill 1089).  WORKS CITED Clarksdale, Edward. “Tennessee Williams.” [http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/english/ms-writers/dir/williams_tennessee]. February 1, 2001. Kunitz. “Tennessee Williams.” Twentieth Century Authors: A Biographical Dictionary. 1955. Magill, Frank. “Tennessee Williams.” Encyclopedia of World Authors. 1997. Nelson, Benjamin. Tennessee Williams: The Man and His Work. New York: Obolensky, 1961. Spoto, Donald. The Kindness Of Strangers: The Life of Tennessee Williams. New York: Ballantine Books, 1985. “Tennessee Williams.” [http:// www. classicnotes/tenn_will/bio]. February 15, 2001.