Tag Archives: Tennessee Williams

Robert Tanitch reviews Sam Holcroft’s A Mirror at Trafalgar Theatre, London

The job of a playwright is to hold up a mirror to nature and reflect it truthfully. Not an easy thing to do, if you live in a totalitarian state and the censor dictates what audiences can see and cann ...

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Robert Tanitch reviews Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire at Almeida Theatre, London

Tennessee Williams’s masterpiece, one of the great plays of the 20th century. opened on Broadway in 1947 with Jessica Tandy and Marlon Brando in the lead roles and ran for 855 performances, winning ev ...

andrew 938 views 0 likes Jan 24, 2023

Robert Tanitch reviews Tennessee Williams’s The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore at Charing Cross Theatre, London.

“If you write a play with a strong female role,” said Tennessee Williams, “it is likely to surface repeatedly since female stars of a certain age have a rough time finding vehicles s ...

andrew 855 views 0 likes Oct 6, 2022

An absorbing and revelatory look at the intersecting lives of the two great Southern writers.

Truman and Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (April 30th on Dogwood on Demand and other digital platforms) Cert. TBC, 86 mins. According to Truman Capote, he was 16 and Tennessee Williams was 29 whe ...

andrew 1418 views 0 likes Apr 27, 2021