Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by the final difficult years. Includes some of the most celebrated scenes from film adaptations of Williams' work, among them extracts of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951),Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Night of the Iguana, The (1964), and Suddenly, Last Summer (1993) (TV). Contains footage of Williams being interviewed, including conversations with David Frost, 'Edward R. Murrow (I)', and Melvyn Bragg, as well as reminiscences from people who knew and worked with him, among them Edward Albee, Gore Vidal, and his lifelong friend, Lady Maria St. Just. Features readings from Elia Kazan's Notebook by Kim Hunter.
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Tennessee Williams
as Self (archive footage)
Melvyn Bragg
as Self
Geraldine Page
as Alexandra Del Lago / Alma Winemiller (archive footage)
Reed Birney
as Actor
Marlon Brando
as Stanley Kowalski / Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier (archive footage)
Katharine Hepburn
as Mrs. Venable (archive footage)
Frank Langella
as Narrator
Yukio Mishima
as Self (archive footage)
Edward R. Murrow
as Self (archive footage)
Maureen Stapleton
as Self
Gore Vidal
as Self
Carroll Baker
as Baby Doll Meighan (archive footage)
Dick Cavett
as Self (archive footage)
Montgomery Clift
as Dr. Cukrowicz (archive footage)
Burl Ives
as Big Daddy (archive footage)
Elia Kazan
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman
as Brick / Chance Wayne (archive footage)
Sam Waterston
as Tom Wingfield (archive footage)
David Frost
as Self
Kim Hunter
as Self
Anna Magnani
as Serafina Delle Rose / Lady Torrance (archive footage)
