Synopsis
David Frost interviews the American playwright Tennessee Williams about his life, alcoholism and philosophy. Discuss excerpts from A Streetcar Named Desire and The Rose Tattoo.
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Drama on 3 | A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams's seminal drama about a catastrophic confrontation between fantasy and reality, starring Anne-Marie Duff, Pippa Bennett-Warner and Matthew Needham.
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