Cultural References
- "Youth of a Thousand Summers" by Van Morrison is based on this play.
- In the Robert Zemeckis film Death Becomes Her (1992), lead character Madeline Ashton is depicted as the star of a Broadway musical adaptation of Sweet Bird of Youth called "Songbird!"
- The song "Sweet Bird of Truth" by the rock group The The is a reference to the Tennessee Williams play.
- A reference to the Tennessee Williams play (and indeed Williams himself) was written by Bernie Taupin in his lyric for Elton John's song "Lies," from John's 1995 album Made in England.
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