| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'A Streetcar Named Desire' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast; printed flyer on front cover [1949] and script dates; includes programme extract with cast list and photographs of scenes from the play [1949]; includes magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the play and the story; magazine extract photographs showing stills from the film version
Performed at The Aldwych Theatre, London, 12 Oct 1949, closing performance (333rd) 19 Aug 1950; presented by Tennent Productions Ltd in association with the Arts Council and Irene Mayer Selznick; directed by Laurence Olivier from the New York production; setting and lighting by Jo Mielziner; costumes by Beatrice Dawson; music arranged by Leslie Bridgewater; The Opera House, Manchester, 27 Sep 1949
On tour: 1950: The Grand Theatre, Leeds; 1951: The Hippodrome, Derby; The Empire Theatre, Swansea
America: The Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, 3 Dec 1947; directed by Elia Kazan; The Harris Theatre, Chicago
Revived at: The New York City Center of Music and Drama, 10 Feb 1956
Casts: Bruce Howard, Eileen Dale, Bonar Colleano, Bernard Braden, Renee Asherson, Lyn Evans, Vivien Leigh, Theodore Bikel, John Forrest, Eileen Way, Mona Lilian, Sidney Monckton, Betty Ann Davies, William Sylvester, Frances Hyland, Frances St Barbe West, Beryl Ede, Reed de Rouen, Paul Bogden, Maurice Kaufman, John Welsh, Helen Horton, George Cooper, Irene Sutcliffe, Alfred Hyslop, Tallulah Bankhead, Uta Hagen, Anthony Quinn, Marlon Brando, Edna Thomes, Kim Hunter, Jessica Tandy, Karl Maiden
Cast for film version: Marlon Brando, Edna Thomes, Kim Hunter, Jessica Tandy, Karl Maiden |