Lot 355
Williams, Tennessee (1911-83) Born Thomas Lanier Williams. American writer known primarily for his plays; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948 (A Streetcar Named Desire) and in 1950 (Cat On A Hot Tin Roof); he won the Tony Award in 1951 (The Rose Tattoo), four Drama Critic Awards, and in 1980 received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He is considered one of the greatest playwrights in American history. Autograph Manuscript, 3 pages and 3 lines written on New Orleans Athletic Club stationery, 10½ x 6 in. Upper left corner has a rust stain from a paperclip and a couple of creases, else fine. From a 1954 story, "Mysteries of the Joy Rio," beginning "The sweet bird of youth had flown from Mr. Gonzalez leaving him rather sad with a soft yellow face that was just as round as the moon. He worked in the men's furnishing in a department store on Canal Street in New Orleans and it was then that he got mixed up with Candy who came in to purchase some fancy pyjamas for the owner of a French Quater [sic] bar whom she was running around with at the time….Poor little Candy. she left him a dose of the clap, a nagging and melancholy disease that was like his love for her…. " Williams made several corrections, marking through words and a couple of lines. On the first page, at upper right, he wrote "Mr. Gonzalez and his attachment to Candy"; he then marked through "his attachment to Candy" and wrote "his affair with Candy."
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500.
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