Sunday Play | A Streetcar Named Desire

Based on A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

In Tennessee Williams's masterpiece set in New Orleans, Blanche Dubois's tender feelings are destroyed by Stanley Kowalski's brutal desire as they battle for the control of those close to them.

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Access

Licence: ERA Licence required

Content
  • Type: Adaptation
  • Channel: BBC Radio 3
  • Duration: 1'59'21''
  • Broadcast date: 1998
Usage

UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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