Tennessee Williams History: February 25, 1983 - Tennessee Williams, U.S. playwright (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), dies at 71 April 2, 1972 - Tennessee Williams' "Small Craft Warnings," premieres in New York City January 16, 1963 - Tennessee Williams' "Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore," premieres December 28, 1961 - Tennessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana," premieres in New York City March 10, 1959 - Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth," premieres in New York City March 21, 1957 - Tennessee Williams' "Orpheus Descending," premieres in New York City March 24, 1955 - Tennessee Williams, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens for 694 performances March 19, 1953 - Tennessee Williams' "Camino Real," premieres in New York City February 3, 1951 - Tennessee Williams' "Rose Tattoo," premieres in New York City December 3, 1947 - Tennessee Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire," premieres in New York City March 31, 1945 - Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie," premieres in New York City December 26, 1944 - Tennessee Williams' play "Glass Menagerie," premieres in Chicago March 26, 1911 - Tennessee Williams, born in Columbus, Mississippi, playwright, 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'
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