Collection of Plays Books in Order by Tennessee Williams
Collection of Plays by Tennessee Williams contains 37 books, published between 1936 and 2020. The first book is Candles to the Sun (1936) and the newest is Adam and Eve on a Ferry (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.
Other series are also called Collection of Plays: Collection of Plays Books in Order: 2 Different Series.
- Books
- 37
- Published
- 1936–2020
- Pages on record
- 3,309 in 25 of 37 books
- Reading time
- 55–83 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,309 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 25 of 37 titles with a page count on record.
Collection of Plays gathers 37 dramatic works by Tennessee Williams. The earliest are Candles to the Sun and The Magic Tower (1936), followed by Fugitive Kind, The Palooka and Spring Storm (1937). The Glass Menagerie (1945), A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) and Summer and Smoke (1948) are also listed. The most recent entry is Adam and Eve on a Ferry (2020). Subject tags include American drama, family, married people and widows.
How many Collection of Plays books are there?
Collection of Plays has 37 books, released between 1936 and 2020.
Collection of Plays Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 37 Collection of Plays books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Candles to the Sun1936 · 117 pages · confirmed 1/419361171/4
- 2The Magic Tower1936 · 286 pages · confirmed 1/419362861/4
- 3Fugitive Kind1937 · 147 pages · confirmed 1/419371471/4
- 4The Palooka1937 · confirmed 1/41937–1/4
- 5Spring Storm1937 · 166 pages · confirmed 1/419371661/4
- 6Battle of Angels1940 · 76 pages · confirmed 1/41940761/4
- 7The Glass Menagerie1945 · 105 pages · confirmed 1/419451051/4
- 8A Streetcar Named Desire1947 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/419471921/4
- 9Summer and Smoke1948 · 72 pages · confirmed 1/41948721/4
- 10Camino Real1948 · 170 pages · confirmed 1/419481701/4
- 11The Rose Tattoo1951 · confirmed 1/41951–1/4
- 12Cat on a Hot Tin Roof1955 · 206 pages · confirmed 1/419552061/4
- 13Baby Doll1956 · confirmed 1/41956–1/4
- 14Orpheus Descending1957 · 82 pages · confirmed 1/41957821/4
- 15A Perfect Analysis Given By a Parrot.1958 · confirmed 1/41958–1/4
- 16Suddenly Last Summer1958 · 45 pages · confirmed 1/41958451/4
- 17Sweet Bird of Youth1959 · 126 pages · confirmed 1/419591261/4
- 18The Night of the Iguana1961 · confirmed 1/41961–1/4
- 19Period of Adjustment1961 · 72 pages · confirmed 1/41961721/4
- 20The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore1963 · 90 pages · confirmed 1/41963901/4
- 21The Eccentricities of a Nightingale1964 · confirmed 1/41964–1/4
- 22Kingdom of Earth1968 · confirmed 1/41968–1/4
- 23Small Craft Warnings1972 · confirmed 1/41972–1/4
- 24The Red Devil Battery Sign1975 · 94 pages · confirmed 1/41975941/4
- 25The Theatre of Tennessee Williams, volume 51976 · 370 pages · confirmed 1/419763701/4
- 26The Two-Character Play1979 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4197911/4
- 27Vieux Carré1979 · 115 pages · confirmed 1/419791151/4
- 28A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur1979 · 82 pages · confirmed 1/41979821/4
- 29Clothes for a Summer Hotel1981 · 77 pages · confirmed 1/41981771/4
- 30The Long Goodbye1992 · confirmed 1/41992–1/4
- 31Something Cloudy, Something Clear1995 · 85 pages · confirmed 1/41995851/4
- 32Not About Nightingales1998 · 163 pages · confirmed 1/419981631/4
- 33Stairs to the Roof2000 · 101 pages · confirmed 1/420001011/4
- 34Gentlemen Callers2005 · 269 pages · confirmed 1/420052691/4
- 35Summer At the Lake2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 36The Fat Man's Wife2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 37Adam and Eve on a Ferry2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
Is there a chronological order for Collection of Plays?
No separate chronological order is on record for Collection of Plays, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.
Do you have to read Collection of Plays books in order?
You should read the Collection of Plays books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Collection of Plays book also stands alone.
Where to start with Collection of Plays
Start with Candles to the Sun (1936), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Collection of Plays book?
Adam and Eve on a Ferry (2020) is the newest Collection of Plays book released so far.
Is there a new Collection of Plays book coming?
No next Collection of Plays book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Collection of Plays has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Collection of Plays. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama1955Wonfor Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama1948Wonfor A Streetcar Named Desire
Collection of Plays at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Collection of Plays title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Collection of Plays books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,309 pages across the 25 of 37 books with a recorded length, a median of 105 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Collection of Plays books, 7 of 37, were published in the 1950s.
What the Collection of Plays books are about
28 of the 37 Collection of Plays books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: drama is tagged on 17 of 28. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
More books by Tennessee Williams
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Tennessee Williams books in order 67 books