Discover the Drama: Top 5 Unforgettable Fun Facts about Tennessee Williams

1. Jumanji-like Writing Room

From a goat to a monkey and everything in between, Tennessee Williams' writing room was like a real-life game of Jumanji come to life: The famed playwright of 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' housed an eccentric assortment of pets including a goat, a skunk, a raccoon, a parrot, and a monkey named Mr. Doodles, as he believed their presence sparked his creative genius.
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2. Hotel Hopping for Peace

Talk about being stuck between a "maid" and a bellboy! Tennessee Williams took hotel living to a whole new level, allegedly booking numerous rooms at the Hotel Elysée just to dodge their distracting presence while penning his next masterpiece: However, in reality, there's no substantial proof to back this claim. Williams resided in the hotel's "Sunset Suite" for 15 years, and rather than Williams escaping other guests, the front desk staff had to carefully reassign any disturbed guests to ensure that his late-night typewriting sessions weren't interrupted.
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3. Moonlighting as a Scriptwriter

If you thought Tennessee Williams only lived in the wonderful world of literature, think again: he moonlighted as a Hollywood scriptwriter and even made a sneaky cameo in the film adaptation of his own play, Sweet Bird of Youth. The silver screen adaptations of his works starred legends like Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, and Paul Newman, and often featured Williams' hand at the screenplay helm, notably in The Glass Menagerie and Baby Doll.
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4. The Art of Hotel Creativity

Forget "Home is Where the Heart Is," Tennessee Williams was all about "Hotel is Where the Art Is": Our beloved playwright often penned his masterpieces from hotel rooms, believing the change of scenery sparked his creativity and insisted on specific amenities like a trusty typewriter, a cozy chair, and a window to let the sunshine in, taking the hotel room inspiration so far as to write The Night of the Iguana about a writer escaping to a Mexican hotel for some much-needed muse.
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5. A Tragic Collection of Health Issues

Channeling his inner hypochondriac, Tennessee Williams cultivated quite the collection of health ailments, making one wonder if he was simply building a medical library to match his literary one: This prolific playwright, known for his chronic health issues, met an unexpectedly tragic end when he accidentally choked on a plastic bottle cap - a twist that would make even his own dramatic works envious.
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