(By Aryavart International University, India)
Dr. Nitya Nand
Vol. 9, Jan-Jun 2020
Abstract:
Williams became a major figure in the second period of the theatre’s growth and continued to remain a leading playwright till his death in Feb. 1983. He influenced the work of great playwrights like William Inge and Edward Albee. He won many prestigious awards for his plays like Reckfeller Fellowship, four New York Drams Critics Circle Award, two Pulitzer Prizes and membership in the National institute of Arts and letters. He is perhaps the first American playwright to earn the title of ‘popular dramatist. His major plays have been widely performed by educational community and professional theatre companies and have been adapted into films. His pre-occupation into the problems of confrontation between flesh and spirit and its variations has enriched our knowledge of not only human nature but as wells of modern civilization which has produced it.