田纳西·威廉斯(Tennessee Williams,1911—1983)是美国一位享有盛誉的剧作家。他的作品多以深刻表现美国时代的牺牲品——逃避者的苦闷而著称。他在1948年和1955年分别以《欲望号街车》(A Streetcar Named Desire)和《热铁皮屋顶上的猫》(Cat On a Hot Tin Roof)获得普利策奖,特别是他的成名作《玻璃动物园》(The Glass Menagerie)“开创了西方戏剧史的新篇章”。可是由于他太爱用象征 Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) is a prestigious playwright in the United States. His works are famous for their deep expression of the pain of the evasioners, the victim of the American era. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 and again in 1955 with the A Streetcar Named Desire and the Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, respectively, especially his fame The Glass Menagerie “opens a new chapter in the history of Western theater.” But because he is too symbolic of love