Introduction.- Life Form, Theme and Character.- Early One-Act Plays (1939-44): Sketches of the Faded Belle; Sketches of the Wanderer and Others.- The Glass Menagerie (1944).- A Streetcar Named Desire (1947).- Summer and Smoke (1947).- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955).- Wanderer Plays (1957-59).- Reversals of the Pattern (1943-61).- Late Plays (1962-81).- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Index.