We're all of us sentenced to solitary confinement inside ou… - Tennessee Williams

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We're all of us sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.

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Thomas Lanier Williams III (26 March 1911 – 25 February 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama.

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Birth Name: Thomas Lanier Williams

Alternative Names: Thomas Lanier Williams III • Thomas Williams

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