In 1947 the Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire opened on Broadway for a two year run with Marlon Brando as star and Elia Kazan as director. In 1951 the famous play was made into a movie starring: Vivien Leigh as Blanche DuBois Kim Hunter as Stella Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski Karl Malden as Mitch The story opens with Blanche DuBois coming to New Orleans to visit her sister, ...

FIFTY YEARS OF DESIRE November 11, 1997 NEWSHOUR TRANSCRIPT Tennessee Williams' acclaimed drama is 50 years old this fall. The latest production is at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater. After this background report, Elizabeth Farnsworth talks to the director and a Williams biographer about the enduring nature of the play and the playwright. A RealAudio version of this segment is ...