When Memoirs was first published in 1975, it created quite a bit of
turbulence in the mediathough long self-identified as a gay man,
Williams' candor about his love life, sexual encounters, and drug
use was found shocking in and of itself, and such revelations by
America's greatest living playwright were called "a raw display of
private life" by The New York Times Book Review. As it turns out,
thirty years later, Williams' look back at his life is not quite so
scandalous as it once seemed; he recalls his childhood in
Mississippi and St. Louis, his prolonged struggle as a "starving
artist," the "overnight" success of The Glass Menagerie in 1945,
the death of his long-time companion Frank Merlo in 1962, and his
confinement to a psychiatric ward in 1969 and subsequent recovery
from alcohol and drug addiction, all with the same directness,
compassion, and insight that epitomize his plays.And, of course,
Memoirs is filled with Williams' amazing friends from the worlds of
stage, screen, and literature as heoften hilariously, sometimes
fondly, sometimes notremembers them: Laurette Taylor, Gore Vidal,
Truman Capote, Elia Kazan, Marlon Brando, Vivian Leigh, Carson
McCullers, Anna Magnani, Greta Garbo, Elizabeth Taylor, and
Tallulah Bankhead to name a few. And now film director John Waters,
well acquainted with shocking the American public, has written an
introduction that gives some perspective on the various reactions
to Tennessee's Memoirs, while also paying tribute to a fellow
artist who inspired many with his integrity and endurance.
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