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Tennessee Williams lambasted his rivals as 'vampires' by Dalya Alberge

New biography reveals US playwright's unflattering views of contemporaries, by drawing on unpublished workHis fellow playwrights are likened to "vampires" who leave "the stench smell of a rotting, overripe ego" on their productions. Tennessee Williams's vituperative comment is just one of his observations on writers, actors, directors and producers from the 1960s onwards that will be published in a new biography.Alth…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PM on February 16, 2013

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