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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 on July 12, 1935, at Rose Arbor, 1780 Glenview. Williams later 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." The career of one of America's greatest playwrights began there.
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