 A study of  Tennessee Williams  (qv) s life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by the final difficult years. Includes some of the most celebrated scenes from film adaptations of Williams  work, among them extracts of _Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951)_ (qv),_Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)_ (qv), _Night of the Iguana, The (1964)_ (qv), and _Suddenly, Last Summer (1993) (TV)_ (qv). Contains footage of Williams being interviewed, including conversations with  David Frost (I)  (qv),  Edward R. Murrow (I)  (qv), and  Melvyn Bragg  (qv), as well as reminiscences from people who knew and worked with him, among them  Edward Albee  (qv),  Gore Vidal  (qv), and his lifelong friend, Lady  Maria St. Just  (qv). Features readings from  Elia Kazan  (qv) s Notebook by  Kim Hunter (I)  (qv).