Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh Quiz

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What caused the rupture in Williams' relationship with Elia Kazan? (from Kookhood)

Elia Kazan demanded more money than agent Audrey Wood thought appropriate.

Kazan told Williams he should incorporate more black actors and roles into his works.

The two got into a shouting match on the set of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."

Kazan reneged on a promise to direct "Period of Adjustment" and instead went to work on a production for rival playwright William Inge.

What were some of the early signs of Williams' progressive consumption of drug and alcohol? (from Thunder of Disintegration)

His speech became slurred.

He noticed a tendency to fall asleep during dinner, a degree of mental confusion and an inability to think clearly and consecutively.

He sometimes passed out after two drinks.

He had uncontrollable crying jags.

What condition did Dr. Lawrence Kubie insist upon before he would psychoanalyze Tennessee Williams? (from Beanstalk Country)

That Williams be hospitalized for three months at the start of his treatment.

That Williams would renounce his gay lifestyle.

That Williams have no contact with his family for six months.

Kubie wanted Williams to stop using drugs and alcohol before treatment.

What was the darker side of Tennessee's success following "The Glass Menagerie?" (from The Erotics of Absence)

Williams' descent into alcoholism and drug addiction.

His resentment at feeling "bullied" by fans and sycophants, and a growing sense of paranoia that he had written himself out in the face of success by other playwrights such as Arthur Miller.

The playwright's inability to sustain an intimate relationship.

Williams' loss of confidence in himself as an honest artist.

What was the turning point when serious actors and directors began to take an interest in "The Glass Menagerie?" (from Blood — Hot and Personal)

When Katherine Hepburn was cast as Amanda Wingfield.

When Tennessee Williams came out of the clost.

When plans were laid for making a movie of the play.

When the Chicago production garnered praise and drew large audiences.