Long self-identified as a gay man, America's greatest playwright Williams' candour in his book about his love life, sexual encounters, and drug use was found shocking in and of itself. Here, more than thirty years later, Williams' look back at his life is not quite so scandalous as it once seemed.

Abandoned by her husband, Amanda Wingfield comforts herself with recollections of her earlier life in Blue Mountain when she was pursued by 'gentleman callers'. She is desperate to find her shy, crippled daughter a husband, but when the long-awaited gentleman caller does arrive, Laura's romantic illusions are crushed.

Fading southern belle Blanche Dubois depends on the kindness of strangers and is adrift in the modern world. When she arrives to stay with her sister Stella in a crowded, boisterous corner of New Orleans, her delusions of grandeur bring her into conflict with Stella's crude, brutish husband Stanley.

'Big Daddy' Pollitt, the richest cotton planter in the Mississippi Delta, is about to celebrate his 65th birthday. His two sons have returned home for the occasion. As the summer evening unfolds, the veneer of happy family life gradually slips away as unpleasant truths emerge alongside greed, lies and jealousy. Cat on a hot tin roof originally published: New York: New Directions, 1955; London: Secker & Warburg, 1956 - The milk train doesn't stop here anymore originally published: Norfolk, Conn.: New Directions; London: Secker & Warburg, 1964 - The night of the iguana originally published: New...

Loneliness, sexual tension and the need for human kindness pervade these three plays by Tennessee Williams, as their characters rage against personal demons and the modern world.

These three dramatic works by Tennessee Williams explore the darker side of human nature and are haunted by a sense of isolation and regret.

The Heinemann Plays series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. This play depicts the conflict between a fading Southern belle and the brash lower-class society of her sister's family.

This series of plays for the 11-16 age range offers contemporary drama and new editions of classic plays. The series has been developed to support classroom teaching and to meet the requirements of the National Curriculum Key Stages 3 and 4.

During his long career as one of America's most distinguished and successful playwrights, Williams also published four volumes of short stories. In Collected Stories, the contents of these volumes are combined with unpublished or uncollected stories.