A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. Opened on Broadway December 1947 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, starring Jessica Tandy as Blanche and Marlon Brando as Stanley. Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1948
The 1951 film with Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando made it world famous. *
In 1951 a West End production of the play, starring Bette Ann Davis (??**) and William Sylvester, also visited South Africa. The first South African production was **
Performed by Carnivals of the Heart in the Arena Theatre at Artscape, 10 to 18 January 2014, directed by Darryl Spijkers, with choreography by Verne Osmand, sets by Zanodean Cassiem, costumes by Noel Pitout and lighting by Ramsay Lotter.
Bobby Heaney directed Die Trem se Naam: Begeerte, an Afrikaans translation of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire starring Marius Weyers and Brumilda van Rensburg for PACT in May 1985.
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