Tennessee Williams is famous for his memorable tragic women, from Blanche Dubois in Streetcar Named Desire to Maggie in Cat On A Hot Tim Roof. This week the Women’s Hour dramas are a series of his early short plays, in which we can glimpse the development of many of his later great heroines.
Jenni Murray discusses Tennessee Williams’ characterisation of women and how much they were influenced by his own life and by his family.
