IntroductionLife Form, Theme and CharacterEarly One-Act Plays (1939-44): Sketches of the Faded Belle; Sketches of the Wanderer and OthersThe Glass Menagerie (1944)A Streetcar Named Desire (1947)Summer and Smoke (1947)Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955)Wanderer Plays (1957-59)Reversals of the Pattern (1943-61)Late Plays (1962-81)ConclusionBibliographyIndex.