The Night of the Iguana is a play by Tennessee Williams about American tourists in Mexico. It has been made into movies twice, in 1964 and 2001. Its main character is a minister, T. Lawrence Shannon, who has been accused of statutory rape and has problems with alcoholism and insanity. Other characters include the women from a Baptist college whom Shannon is directing a tour for, Maxine, a hotel owner, and Hannah, a painter, who travels with her grandfather, an old poet who dies during the course of the play. Richard Burton played Shannon in the 1964 movie version.
Tennessee Williams' Iguana is the antithesis of Albee's Seascape: Instead of loving couples reflecting on their relationships, Iguana has nymphomania and doomed love affairs.
Tennessee Williams' own memories of Night of the Iguana, according to his 1975 book Memoirs, are of "the longest and most appalling tour I've had with a play," largely due to some sexual dalliances and a hospital stay after being bitten by a dog.
As they share a witching night on a sweltering Mexican patio, in Tennessee Williams' 1961 play "The Night of the Iguana," the two are yin-yang opposites designed for maximum dramatic effect.
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