Based on the hilarious, raunchy, and poignant letters which Tennessee Williams wrote between 1945 and 1957, Blanche and Beyond is the stage sequel to Lawson's A Distant Country Called Youth. While the first play traced the evolution of a young man finding his artistic voice, Blanche and Beyond spans the peak of Williams' career--the period of A Streetcar Named Desire, Rose Tattoo, Summer and Smoke, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof--and explores a no-longer obscure playwright facing the seismic shock of international fame.