Rhodes View in Memphis in Shelby County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Tennessee Williams Play

Untitled Tennessee Williams Marker Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Steve Masler, August 17, 2015

1. Untitled Tennessee Williams Marker Marker

Inscription. In the spring of 1935 while visiting his grandparents, the Rev. and Mrs. Walter Dakin, at 1917 Snowden, Tennessee Williams first encountered Chekhov in Southwestern's library and wrote his first produced play. "Cairo, Shanghai, Bombay." It was produced by the Garden Players July 12, 1935, at Rose Arbor, 1780 Glenview. Later, Williams wrote: "The laughter...enchanted me. Then and there the theatre and I found each other for better or worse. I know it's the only thing that's saved my life." Thus did the career of one of America's greatest playwrights begin.

Erected by The Memphis Arts Council and the Memphis Business Journal.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical date for this entry is July 12, 1815.

Location. 35° 9.326′ N, 89° 59.498′ W. Marker is in Memphis, Tennessee, in Shelby County. It is in Rhodes View. It is at the intersection of University Street and Snowden Avenue, in the median on University Street. The marker is located in the median of University. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Memphis TN 38112, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in West Tennessee.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Upper South,

in the Mississippi Delta,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: William Neely Mallory (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Southwestern Alumni World War II Memorial (about 700 feet

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away); Fargason Fields (about 700 feet away); Rhodes College (approx. ¼ mile away); Memphis Belle (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Overton Park Shell (approx. 0.7 miles away); Blues at the Overton Park Shell (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Levitt Era (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Memphis.

More about this marker. This marker has no title.

Also see . . . Tennessee Williams - Wikipedia. (Submitted on August 21, 2015, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)

Photographed by Steve Masler, August 17, 2015

2. Untitled Tennessee Williams Marker Marker

Photographed by Steve Masler, August 17, 2015

3. Untitled Tennessee Williams Marker Marker

Rhodes College entrance seen in background.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 18, 2015, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 918 times since then and 44 times this year. Last updated on August 20, 2015, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 18, 2015, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.