Tennessee Williams wrote much, much more than his most famous plays. Below are listings of everything published in Williams’ own words, including interviews, essays, memoirs, and letters, as well as his plays, screenplays, stories and poems. If you read his non-theatrical works, you’ll find several instances of Williams working out ideas, plots, and images in his stories and poems that later became short and full length plays.

When reading and working on Williams’ plays, it’s highly recommended to use the trade paperback editions from Williams’ lifelong publisher, New Directions. Those are Williams’ final word on the plays. In some cases, he significantly changed the scripts from the acting editions—published by Samuel French, et al—which are typically compiled from the stage manager’s prompt book of the original production. The acting editions often have typos, and even lines like Marlon Brando’s ad lib, “Hiya Fatty!”—Stanley addressing the pregnant Stella in Streetcar—which Williams excised in the final, New Directions version of the play.

27 Wagons Full of Cotton*
Adam and Eve on a Ferry
Aimez-vous Ionesco?
And Tell Sad Stories of the Deaths of Queens
At Liberty*
Auto-Da-Fè
Big Game, The
Case of the Crushed Petunias, The
Cavalier for Milady, A
Chalky White Substance, The
Confessional
Curtains for the Gentleman
Dark Room, The
Day on Which a Man Dies, The
Demolition Downtown, The
Escape
Every Twenty Minutes
Fat Man's Wife, The
Frosted Glass Coffin, The
Gnädiges Fraulein, The
Green Eyes
Hello from Bertha
Honor the Living
I Can't Imagine Tomorrow
I Never Get Dressed Till After Dark on Sundays
I Rise in Flame, Cried the Phoenix
In Our Profession
Interior: Panic*
Ivan's Widow
Kingdom of Earth*
Kirche, Küche, Kinder
Lady of Larkspur Lotion, The
Last of My Solid Gold Watches, The*
Lifeboat Drill
Long Goodbye, The

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