For 10 points, name this American author of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Streetcar Named Desire.
In the stage directions of a play by this author, a main character is described as having the "power and pride of a richly feathered male bird among hens." Another play by this man starts with a former track star injuring his ankle; that character created by this author drinks until he hears a "click." Later in that play by this author, "Mendacity" is discussed by (*) Big Daddy and Brick. A character in another play by this man is involved with the poker player Mitch and loses the estate Belle Rêve. In that play by this man, Stella and Stanley Kowalski are visited by Blanche Dubois. For 10 points, name this American author of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Streetcar Named Desire.
In the stage directions of a play by this author, a main character is described as having the "power and pride of a richly feathered male bird among hens."
Tennessee Williams [or Thomas Lanier Williams] &lt;LL&gt;