Portrait of Tennessee Williams
by Stacey Williams Ng
Park on Delta Ave.
Clarksdale is the childhood home of one of America’s most performed playwrights, Tom “Tennessee” Williams.
Young Tom’s grandfather Rev. Walter E. Dakin served as rector of St. George’s Episcopal Church from 1917-193. Williams lived with his grandparents in Clarksdale for several years, and then visited regularly as he grew up. The church is still active today, and the former rectory is now the church office and home of the Tennessee Williams Rectory Museum.
Williams drew on his Clarksdale neighbors for famous character names such as Blanche, Stella, Brick, Baby Doll, Cutrer, and Wingfield.
Stacey Williams-Ng is a multidisciplinary artist living in Tennessee, with a speciality in visual storytelling.
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