EARLY SIGNED CONTRACT TENNESSEE WILLIAMS + AUDREY WOOD

1948. Very Good. Historically significant literary business letter serving as a contract extension, dated October 21st, 1948, signed by Tennessee Williams and his agent, Audrey Wood, during the peak of his career. The letter serves as a formal contract extension related to an agency agreement originally made in 1943 and modified in 1945. The agreement was originally set to expire April 30, 1951. Both parties agreed here to extend it to October 15, 1953, noting that the agreement remains valid even if one (but not both) of the parties dies. Williams’s greatest play, A Streetcar Named Desire, had premiered in New York in December of 1947, less than one year earlier.