Day #5: Tuesday

A Streetcar Named Desire,  written by Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams:

- born Thomas Williams in 1911, Columbus Mississippi

- parents had an unhappy marriage, mother daughter of prominent reverend who lost their eilite status

- brother Dakin and sister Rose

- 1919 moved to St. Louis

- 1928 visits Europe with Grandfather, establishes ties with Europe

- University of Missouri (paid by grandparents): read Chekhov, Strindberg, Ibsen (psychological characters)

- Great Depression, became clerk at a shoe company, suffers nervous breakdown

- Rose recieves lobotomy commissioned by mother as cover up for accusing her father of sexual abuse, she is put in a mental hospital

- 1947 writes "The Glass Menagerie", famous and sells screen rights, becomes wealthy

- Psychotherapy for depression: turns to drugs and drinking

- homosexual, frenetic searches for sexual encounters

- 1983 death in NYC due to choking on depressent pills

We alternated reading excerpts from the play and watching the film.

And discussion notes to follow....

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[Caro discovering the wonderful world of american Peep marshmellow bunnies]