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Achziger, Lowell 107 in teleplay 165, 166 Ackland, Joss 102, 103 Ballard, Lucinda 6, 23, 150 Actors Studio 7, 25, 30 Bankhead, Tallulah 18, 54, 84, 85, Actors’ Lab 18 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 100, 113, Adler, Thomas P. 1, 3, 14 118, 137, 144 African Consolidated Theatre 104 Barish, Keith 160 Agony and the Ecstasy, The 16 Barker, Felix 65 Akutagwa, Hiroshi 80 Barnes, Howard 1, 22 Alder, Luther 26 Barnes, Clive 94, 95, 97, 98, 99, 101, Alfreds, Mike 41 111, 114, 115, 117 Alice, Princess of Athlone 63 Barr, David III 138 American Conservatory Theatre 1 Beaufort, John 95, 97, 110, 112, 114 American Stage Company 132 Beaumont, Hugh “Binkie” 63, 66 Anderson, Maxwell 25 Beaumont, Mme. Paule de 70 Andersson, Elis 61 Bedient, Calvin 121 Ann-Margret 23, 54, 60, 160, 161, Belle Reprieve 30, 121, 142–48 162, 163, 164, 165, 168 Belle Reve 32, 141, 143, 170 Arletty 41, 71, 72, 74, 75 Bentley, Eric 21, 29, 35 Arsenic and Old Lace 31 Belle, Sylvester 127, 128 Asherson, Renee 63 Benton, Thomas Hart 23 Athlone, Earl of 63 Bergman, Gunn 61, 62 Atkinson, Brooks 12, 19, 20, 21, 34, Bergman, Ingmar 41, 57, 58, 59, 94, 35, 70, 86, 88, 90 107 Bernstein, Leonard 166 Bak, John S. 17 Bettis, Valerie 157, 158, 159 Baldwin, Alec Bigsby, C. W. E. 2 compared to Jessica Lange 115, Bikel, Theodore 63 116, 117 Bishop, George W. 65 in play 115, 116, 119 Black, Kate 132, 133

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Blankenship, John 128 Camille 22 Bloolips Troupe 142, 147 Cahir, Linda 154 Bloom, Claire 60, 97, 98, 99, 100, Campo de’ Fiori 51 101, 102, 124, 139, 162, 168 Canady, Camille 127, 128, 129 Bogart, Humphrey 151 Carbonell, Dolores 44 Bond, Rudy 90, 103, 118 Carhart, Timothy 117 Bosco, Philip 93, 97, 103 Carmichael, Mason 140 Bossis, Helena 71 Carnal Knowledge 163 Bourne, Bette 142, 143, 146, 147, 148 Carter, Terry 122, 123, 125, 126, Braden, Bernard 63 135, 141 Brando, Marlon 8, 25, 30, 37, 41, Cartright, Jorja 176 63, 69, 141, 146, 151 Case, Sue-Ellen 124 casting of 7, 24 Cassidy, Claudia 35, 107, 108 interpretation of Stanley 24, 25, Cattell, Revd. Colin 62 28, 29, 32, 38, 39, 55, 72, 75, CBS “Playhouse 90” 165 83, 90, 93, 96, 101, 105, 109, censorship 2, 151, 160, 166 112, 113, 114, 116, 119, 124, Centeno, Modesto 40 128, 129, 133, 136, 137, 145, Cervantes, Luis de 42, 43 155, 156, 164, 168, 173 Chapman, John 20, 22, 87 mannerisms 27 Chamberlain, Richard 107 ﬁlm portrayal 150 Chekhov, Anton 4, 90 physical build 26, 27, 28 Sea Gull, The 33 raw sexuality 11, 26, 27, 28, 157 Chicago relationship with Williams 25 Goodman Theater 115 use of orality in role 28, 173 Harris Theater 34 Breen, Joseph 151, 152 Leo Lerner Theatre 138 Bridges, James 91, 92, 95 Christie, Ian 98, 100 British Arts Council 62 Church, Tony 66 Brit-Neva, Maria (St. Just) 89 Clift, Montgomery 113 Brown, John Mason 8, 22, 26 Clum, John 2 Bungakuza Dramatic Company 76, Clap, Susannah 118, 119 77, 78, 80, 81, 82 Clurman, Harold 2, 7, 11, 24, 25, Bush, George 113 29, 34, 35, 38, 94, 95, 97 Cocteau, Jean 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, Cagney, James 90 76, 123 Calendoli, Giovanni 49, 52, 53, 55 Coleman, Robert 20, 84, 88 Calta, Louis 122 Colin, Saul 67

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Colleano, Bonar 63, 64, 69, 70 Dorsey, Frank 95 Collier, Lionel 63, 69 Douglas, Maria 43, 44, 45, 46 Conklin, John 110 Deutsche Grammophon 166 Conolly, Patricia 93, 97 Dramatists Play Service 9 Cook, Richard 32 Drama Critics Circle Award 1, 5 Cooley, Isabelle 129 Dublin Cornell, Katharine 18, 25 Gate Theatre 117 costumes 6, 50, 51, 106, 121 DuBois, Blanche 2, 3, 4, 9, 14, 15, Blanche 9, 23, 44, 59, 68, 69, 72, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28, 75, 121, 146, 148, 162, 165, 29, 34, 35, 39, 54, 55, 72, 78, 171 80, 83, 85, 112, 154, 155, 162, Mitch 23, 31 174 Stanley 3, 27, 30, 44, 91, 92, 93, age of 63, 75, 78, 92, 101, 107, 96, 102, 112, 146, 156, 160, 164 113, 154, 162 Stella 33 alcoholism of 22 Coubourne, Omar C. 140 as artist 58 Coward, Noel 67 bathing obsession 79, 148 Crawford, Carol 159 as bigot 134 Crawford, Cheryl 7 as bitterly realistic 162 Cronyn, Hume 18 as butterﬂy/moth 19, 73, 85, 87, Cunningham, Liam 117, 119 92, 95, 103, 105, 108, 116, 118 D’Angelo, Beverly 160, 165, 172 as coquette 22, 23, 95, 100, 102, Dance Theatre of Harlem 159 112, 127, 139, 155, 163 Danner, Blythe 23, 54, 60, 89, 110, as Creole 122, 124, 135, 141 112, 113, 114, 117 as Camille 22 Darden, Bellary 138 as drag queen 144, 145, 147, Dash, Thomas 26, 89, 90 148 Davis, Richard 38 dishonesty of 95 Davis, Walter 3 domination over Stella 79 Dawson, Beatrice 69, 101 as female Hamlet 163 Dawson, Helen 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, hair color of 23, 101 103 helplessness of 108 Day, Richard 151 hysteria of 4, 21, 75, 79, 80, 83, Dean, James 8 92, 100, 108, 145 Dennis, Nick 26, 150, 175 language of 19, 67, 96, 98, 155, Dent, Donna 117, 119 163

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DuBois, Blanche (cont.) as truth-seeker 111 madness of 20, 21, 22, 45, 53, 60, weepiness of 20, 95, 96, 116 67, 68, 80, 96, 100, 112, 113, victim 19, 21, 26, 103, 116 115, 127, 134, 139, 156, 158, Dunaway, Faye 89, 91, 92 163, 164, 169, 171 as Miss Julie 57 Eagles, Jeanne 23 as nymphomaniac 3, 22, 61, 152, Ebert, Roger 151 155 Edwards, James 128, 129 as pathological liar 3 Eells, George 35 poetic nature of 3, 155, 162 Elkins, Flora 106 prostitute 22, 54, 55, 68, 101, 111 Elkins, Hillard 98, 99 relationship to Allan Grey 68 Ellyn, Lois 157 as quadroon 123, 135 Ek, Anders 61, 62 relationship to Mitch 20, 155 Elliott, David 107, 108, 109 relationship to Stanley 3, 11, 24, Erman, John 24, 160, 162, 163, 164, 58, 83, 92, 129 165 relationship to Stella 32, 119 Evelyn, Judith 33 as seducer 23 sense of history 20 Farber, Stephen 83, 91, 92, 93 sense of humor 54, 83, 87, 88, 89, Farmer, Frances 116 90, 92, 95, 100, 118, 147 Farrentino, James 93, 96, 97, 101, sexuality of 11, 22, 23, 28, 30, 31, 113 69, 75, 95, 99, 118, 139, 147, Favelelli, Max 73, 75 163 Feldman, Charles K. 149, 154 Southern accent of 22, 28, 163, Fellini, Federico 56 172 Felix, Julie 159 as Southern belle/aristocrat 10, Fleche, Anne 5 22, 45, 69, 73, 75, 80, 87, 95, Fleming, Renee 169, 171, 172 96, 97, 100, 101, 111, 112, Foucault, Michael 144 113, 118, 124, 127, 128, 134, Four Deuces, The 14, 29, 60 135, 137, 139, 141, 156, 158, Franco, General Francisco 41 159, 162 Franklin, Frederic 157, 158 as steel magnolia 88 Fraser, Elizabeth T. 42 theatricality of 68, 108 Free Southern Theatre 136 as tiger 19, 85, 87, 116 Funimo, Tomoko 81 as tragic heroine 95, 101, 119, 128 Furtel, Elizabeth 172

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Garﬁeld, John 24, 25 Hagen, Uta 18, 23, 33, 34, 35, 36, Garlick, Gillian 106 37, 38, 54, 60, 67, 83, 89, 155 Gassman, Vittorio 41, 48, 54, 55 Haley, Ted 123 Gautier, Jean Jacques 71 Hälsingborg Gautier, Marguerite 22 City Theatre 57 Gelber, Jack 106, 107, 108, 109 Hamlisch, Marvin 160 General Company 2 Hardie, Russell 34 Gibbs, Wolcott 14, 15, 29, 87 Harris, Jed 69 Gielgud, John 18 Harris, Rosemary 93, 95, 96 Gilder, Rosamond 17, 32 Hart, Andrea 140 Gilfrey, Rodney 169, 173 Hauptman, William 1 Gill, Brendan 83, 93, 96 Havana Gilliam, Theodore E. 135, 136, Salia Thalia, Pronato del Teatro 41 137 Hawkins, William 20, 31, 32, 35, Gioi, Vivi 55 38, 87, 90 Goncharov, A. 41 Hayes, Walter 65 Gish, Lillian 112 Hayman, Ronald 5 Goodman, John 166 Heston, Charlton 91 Gone with the Wind 6, 63, 155 Heartsong 5 Gordone, Charles 123, 132, 133, Higham, Charles 27 134 Hilias, Peg 175 Gothenburg 61 Higgenbotham, Shirley 127 City Theatre 57, 58 Hjern, Kjell 57, 61 Graham, Colin 166 Hildenbrand, Harold 127 Grant, Cary 6 Hobson, Harold 63, 67, 99 Greenwich Village 77 Harvey, Dennis 170 Grevenius, Herbert 60, 61 Hellman, Lillian, 152 Grey, Allan 27, 38, 88, 154, 158, Hollander, Jack 106 159, 173 Holliman, Earl 91, 93 as homosexual 65, 66, 68, 84, homosexuality 136, 152, 162 in Streetcar 152 Griﬀey, Anthony Dean 173 Hood, Morag 99 Gronbeck-Tedesco, John 27 Hopkins, George James 151 Group Theatre 4, 8, 9, 67 House of Commons 62 Guerrieri, Gerardo 49 the Hubbells 14, 32, 90, 123, 153, Guzmán, Julia 43 156

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Huerta, Efrain 42, 43 conception of Mitch 31 Hughes, Elinor 19 conception of Stanley 11, 24, 29 Hunter, Kim 30, 31, 32, 33, 39, 119, conception of Stella 9, 11, 32 145, 150, 151, 172 contract negotiations on Streetcar Huntleigh, Shep 170 (play) 7 directing Streetcar (ﬁlm) 149, 152, I Remember Mama 25 153, 154, 155, 160, 162, 164, Invernel, Daniel 71 166 Isaac, Dan 3 directing Streetcar (play) 6, 7, 9, Ito, Kisaka 78 10, 16, 21, 34, 38, 39, 63, 73, Iwata, Toyoo 76 84, 94, 107, 115, 141, 168 “Director’s Notes” for Streetcar 9, Jamet, Claude 72, 73, 75 27, 65 Johannesburg on Jessica Tandy 24 Intimate Theatre 104 on Marlon Brando 24, 26, 27, 28 Nico Malan Theatre 104 and Method Acting 155 Johnson, Virginia 159 rehearsal process 9, 121 Jolly, G. 71, 75 role in the composition of Streetcar Jones, Robert Edmond 12 8–9 Jordan, Glenn 168 training of actors 8 Kennedy, Adrienne 4, 139 Kabuki 77, 78, 79, 144 Kiefaber (merchant) 155 Kato, Michio 76 Kinoshita, Koichi 81 Katz, Vera 140, 141, 142 Kitamura, Kazuo 81 Kaufmann, Günther 129, 130, 131 Korean American Foundation 42 Kavanagh, John 117, 119 Kouyomjian, Susan 132 Kavli, Karin 41, 60, 61, 62 Kowalski, Stanley 3, 4, 7, 10, 12, 15, Kawaguchi, Ichiro 77, 78 16, 19, 20, 24, 34, 35, 38, 55, Kazan, Elia 41, 51, 83, 132 69, 80, 83, 88, 112, 127, 162 aﬃnity with Williams 8, 9 as aggressor 21, 24, 47, 58, 84 artistic control 6, 12 as animal/brute 29, 61, 70, 75, 81, casting of Streetcar 7, 18, 25, 36 95, 96, 102, 105, 111, 113, collaboration with Williams 7, 8, 114, 116, 117, 119, 128, 130, 9, 23, 31, 149, 153, 154, 156 132, 133, 134, 146, 156, 164, concept for Streetcar 9, 111 166, 171 conception of Blanche 9, 10, 24, body language of 26, 27, 30 35 as black character 72

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as butch lesbian 144, 146, 147 Kronenberger, Louis 1 chewing gum 28, 70 Kross, Michael 117 as Creole 133, 134, 141 Krutch, Joseph Wood 3 as Dionysus 3, 102 Kurahashi, Ken 77 as ethnic intruder/outsider 28 Kushida, Kunio 76 as friend to Mitch 61 as gaudy seed-bearer 3, 27, 109 La Dolce Vita 56 feminine side 29 Lake Forest, IL neurotic 30 Academy Festival Theatre 106 as Yankee 87 Lancaster, Burt 25 as Polish 72, 125, 133, 138, 140, Lane, Diane 166 141, 142 Lang, Charles 129, 130, 131 as Gullah-speaking 141, 142 Lamarre, Hazel L. 127, 128 as husband 32 Lange, Jessica 115, 116, 117, 118, humor 75 165, 166 as Irish farmer 119 Larkin, Peter 158 language of 28, 87, 115, 116 Lawless, Fran 135, 136, 137 mannerisms 113 Lee, Robert E. (playwright) as poker/game player 26, 137, 153 Inherit the Wind 1 sexuality of 3, 11, 26, 28, 47, 55, Lee, Robert Taylor 91 95, 96, 102, 116, 119, 140 Lee, Spike 142 as symbol of American Leigh, Vivien 41, 54, 63, 64, 67, 68, nationalism 28 69, 74, 83, 89, 93, 95, 100, as victim 142 101, 108, 112, 113, 118, 124, as truth-seeker 111 139, 142, 145, 147, 150, 151, nude 96 154, 155, 156, 159, 162, 163, as tyrant 114 166 Kowalski, Stella 11, 14, 31, 43, 90, Lefevre, Robin 117, 118 162, 165 Les Enfants du Paradis 74 relationship to Blanche 11, 79, Lewin, David 67 119 Lewis, Robert 8, 25 relationship to Stanley 11, 81, 88, lighting 13, 14, 15, 53, 108, 154, 92, 96, 119 171 sexuality 32, 99, 106, 145, 172 light cues 14 Krauter, Marvin 157 Linz, Peggy 132, 134 Kroll, Jack 96, 116 Littell, Philip 166, 169, 170 Korth, Thomas A. 140 Littman, Marguerette 98

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London Melgan, Jean 6 Picadilly Theatre 97 Mercer, Ernest R. 140 Aldwych Theatre 62, 65, 67 Method Acting 67, 151, 155, 156 Drill Hall (Theatre) 143 Mexico City Old Vic Theatre 18 Palaciò de Bellas Artes 42, 45 Londré, Felicia 14 Teatro Esperanza Iris 43, 45 Lord Chamberlain, The 65, 68 Meyerhold, Vsevolod 42 Los Angeles Mexican ﬂower seller 95, 121, 170 Ahmanson Theatre 91 Miami Ebony Showcase Theatre 126, Coconut Grove Playhouse 84 127, 128, 129 Mielziner, Jo 41, 171 collaboration on Streetcar 12–16 MacArthur, General Douglas 76 design for Streetcar 6, 12, 52, 60, McCarthy, Mary 28 63, 93, 78, 83 McClomb, Robin 140 lighting for Streetcar 12, 14 McDonough, Carla 2, 7, 29 reputation 12 McDormand, Frances 110, 11, style of 12-13 117 use of scrim 13, 14, 52, 73, 103, McGovern, Michael 105, 106 148 Machiz, Herbert 84, 85 Mitchell, Harold (Mitch) 11, 17, 20, Madigan, Amy 115, 116 21, 22, 27, 30, 31, 43, 56, 80, make-up 154 90, 93, 100, 102, 103, 117, Malden, Karl 30, 31, 39, 41, 56, 119, 128, 136, 145, 154, 155, 103, 145, 150, 151, 165 165, 173 Malmö as bachelor 31 Intimate Theatre 57 as Blanche’s victim 23, 30 Marlow, A. 63 as failed rapist 31, 156 Mamet, David 107, 115 as fairy 144, 145, 146, 148 Manchester 66 as gentleman caller 55 Opera House 62 as poker player 154 Mann, Theodore 109, 110 Miller, Arthur Manuel, Darryl 138, 139, 140 Death of a Salesman 7, 12, 16, 65, Mansouri, Lotﬁ 166, 172 70, 99 Martin, Linton 23 Miroslava 42 Mastroianni, Marcello 41, 48, 55, Mishima, Yukio 82 56, 118 Montalbán, Ricardo 43 Meeker, Ralph 33 Monteverde, Francisco 47

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Montreal Circle in the Square Theatre 106, Her Majesty’s Theatre 157 107, 109, 110, 112, 118 Morelli, Rina 41, 48, 52, 55 City Center Theatre 84, 85, 88, Morial, Mark 166 90, 99 Mori, Arturo 44 La MaMa 143 Mosher, Gregory 115 Lincoln Center 83, 93, 95, 115 Moyer, Allen 117, 119 One Dream 143 Munn, Thomas 171 Sheridan Square 89 Murphy, Brenda 4, 8, 9, 14 newspaper boy 155 Music 16–18, 79 Nichols, Lance 123 arias in opera 170, 172 No¯ 77 Blue piano 17 Nobili, Lila de 41, 71, 73, 74 in Belle Reprieve 146 Norrköping erotic songs 146 City Theatre 57 jazz 53, 151, 157, 158, 160 North, Alex 16, 63, 78, 150, 156, North’s composition 16, 150, 156, 157, 167, 168 157 Norton, Elliot 22 rhythm and blues 17, 94, 123, 138 in teleplay 160 Oakes, Philip 66 Trovaioli Quartet 53 O’Brian, Jack 9, 29 use of original scores 63, 78, 140 Oliver, Sir Laurence 18, 41, 63, 65, Varsouviana 16, 156 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 97, 98, 99, “Wang Wang Blues” 17 155 On the Waterfront 116 Narumi, Shirou 77 O’Laughlin, Gerald 86, 90 Nathan, George Jean 19, 28 O’Neill, Eugene 1, 4, 44 National Company 34 Oppenheim, Lillian 43, 95 New Orleans Owens, Rochelle 2 Dashiki Project Theatre 134, 135, 136, 138 Page, Geraldine 8, 106, 107 see also settings Page, Tim 167, 171, 172 New York Palmer, R. Barton 151, 155 Barrymore Theatre 1, 16, 26, 73, Palance, Jack 26 83, 114, 156 Palm Beach Playhouse 84 Beaumont Theatre 93, 94 Papp, Joseph 93 Carnegie Hall Playhouse 122 Paris Century Theatre 157 Théâtre Edouard VII 70, 73

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Paris, Barry 167, 168, 171, 172 Southern Comfort 16, 28, 30, Parker, Theodore H. 22 47, 55, 148, 152, 156, 165 Parks, Ray 125 liquor cabinet 15 Pauly, Thomas H. 9, 25 Mae West statue 31 Pawley, Thomas D. 125, 126 mirror 152, 165 Perry, Ronald 159 neon lights 154 Perry, Shauneille 125 package of meat 26 Pillow, Richard 104 perfume (bottle) 16, 23, 163 Phelan, Kappo 20 phone 59 Poitier, Sidney 122 pillows 16 Previn, André 166, 167, 168, 169, poker table 15, 30 170, 171, 172, 173 radio 31 Production Code Administration Raggedy Anne doll 31 151, 153 shoes 148 props in Streetcar 50, 51 suitcase 171 armchair 15 tiara 47 bed 33, 51, 52, 104, 164 Psacharopoulos, Nikos 109, 110, Blanche’s trunk 145 111, 112, 114 bus ticket 21 Public Broadcasting Service 1, 159, Chinese lantern 15, 52, 147, 154 167 cards 16, 158 Public Morality Council 62 cigarette lighter 23 Pulitzer Prize 1, 5, 132 curtains 16 cigarettes 23, 55 Quaid, Randy 160, 165 dishes 26 Quinn, Aidan 110, 112, 113, 114, dresser 116 119 ﬂowers 111 Quinn, Anthony 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, food 164 39, 90, 101, 164 garbage 152 Quintero, José 108 glassware 107 gowns 21 Rabb, Ellis 93, 94, 107 handkerchief 160 Radice, Paul 50, 52, 54, 55 hose 152, 153 Ransan, André 72, 75 jewelry 21, 47, 69 Rasky, Harry 19 light bulb 52, 154 Reed, Rex 83, 93, 94, 97, 110, 112, liquor and beer bottles: Jax, rum, 113

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Respect for Acting 36 Schmidt, Douglas 94 Rice, Elmer Segal, Lewis 159 Adding Machine 4 Selznick, David O. 5, 6, 31 Rice, Robert 1 Selznick, Irene 5, 6, 7, 18, 24, 25, 31, Richard, Stanley 88 33, 66, 85, 152 Rill, Eli 122, 123 Sennett, Mack 11 Rina Morelli-Stoppa Company 47 Sensenderfer, R. E. P. 21, 29 Rivera, Diego 43 settings 58, 94, 107, 119 Rivera, Reynaldo 43 bowling alley 135, 153 Roberson, Madeleine 71 drug subculture 107 Robertson, Patrick 103, 104 factory 154 Robeson, Paul 33 Four Deuces 14, 16 Rodgers, Paul 127 French Quarter 14, 52, 59, 78, 94, Rogers, Anne 105 115, 153, 164 Rome Kowalski apartment 12, 13, 14, Eliseo Theatre 47 18, 52, 60, 73, 94, 103, 119, Roose-Evans, James 104 153, 171 Rose, Billy 6 Lake Ponchartrain amusement Rothschild, Norman 43 park 153, 154 Rouleau, Raymond 71, 73 Mardi Gras ethos 165 Royal Shakespeare Company 66 New Orleans neighborhood 28, Rushcell, Niva 123 32, 43, 50, 51, 52, 53, 59, 61, Ruvinskis, Wolf 41, 43, 46, 47 63, 72, 73, 78, 91, 103, 104, 110, 153, 158, 164, 171 San Francisco Opera Company 166, post-Watergate era 111 171 shuttered doors (ballet) 158 Sano, Seki 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 St. Charles Ave. (teleplay) 162 Santiago, Paul 132, 133, 134 St. Louis Cathedral (teleplay) 164 Sarotte, Georges-Michel 4 Seyd, Richard 1 Saul, Oscar 149, 151, 160 Shakespeare Savran, David 2, 145 Ariel 75 Scarlett O’Hara 155 Caliban 75 Schevill, James 39 Desdemona link 33 Schexnayder, Vilmer 127, 128, 129 Hamlet 85, 106, 134 Schloss, Edwin H. 9, 20 King Lear 85, 87 Schlueter, June 163 Ophelia 18, 21

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Shakespeare (cont.) Stewart, Edna 126 Macbeth 89 Stewart, Nick 126, 129 Othello 33 Stockholm Shaw, Irwin 12, 15, 19, 26 Royal Dramatic Theatre 57 Shaw, Martin 97, 99, 101, 102, 116, Strasberg, Lee 7 119 Streetcar Named Desire, A Shaw, Paul 142, 143 ABC teleplay 160–65 Shaw, Peggy 142, 143, 146, 147 Argentinian production 40, 45 Sheridan, Beatriz 45 Australian production 41 Sherin, Edwin 97, 98, 103 Austrian production 40 shingeki troupes 76 ballet versions 16, 149, 157–60 Siegel, Joel 110, 111, 112, 116 Belgian production 40 Silvera, Frank 132 Berkeley production 132–34 Simmons, Renee 141 black productions 120, 121, 122, Simms, Hilda 122, 124 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, Simon, John 115, 116, 117, 162, 134, 142, 159, 160 164, 165 black roles/actors 72, 76, 94, 123, Sjögren, Henrik 57 125, 129, 130, 132, 134, Slavenska, Mia 157 135 Smith, Lowell 159, 160 Boston tryout 1, 5, 23 Smith, Michael 67 Broadway premiere 1 Sondheim, Stephen 166 CBS teleplay 165–66 Solar, Suárez del 43 Chicago production 138–40 Spector, Susan 10, 22 Chinese production 41 Split Britches 142 Czechoslovakian production 41 St. Just, Maria (see also Brit-Neva) critics’ response to original Stairway to Heaven 31 production 1 Standish, Myles 35, 38 Cuban production 40 Stanislavski, Konstantin 9, 42, 47, Dutch production 40 78 ﬁlm version 16, 133, 149–57 Start, Clarissa 34, 35 gendered roles in 89, 99, 120, Steen, Birgitta 58 121, 122, 134, 140, 142–48 Stearns, David Patrick 111, 113, German productions 40, 129–32 114, 116, 117, 169, 170, 171 interracial production 120, 122, Steiger, Rod 99 124, 132, 134 Sterling, Monica 48 intraracial racism 140 Stewart, Carolyn Hill 125 Irish production 117–19

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Italian production 40, 47, 48–56 Talarico, Elio 49, 50, 51, 55, 63, Japanese production 41, 76–82 112, 173 Korean production 41, 42 Tandy, Jessica 13, 83 Lake Forest, IL, production British background 18 106–09 casting of 18 language in 135, 141 leaving Streetcar 18, 19, 23, 35 London productions 62–70, portrayal of Blanche 10, 12, 18, 97–106, 155 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 29, Marxist interpretations 2 30, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 54, 60, Mexican production 40, 42–45 68, 87, 89, 95, 101, 108, 118, New Orleans production 134–38 124, 139, 150, 154, 163 New York revivals 84–90, on Uta Hagen 18 109–17 Tasker, Barbara 135, 137, 139 New Zealand production 41 Taylor, Jackie 138, 139, 140 opera 54, 149, 166–74 Taylor, Laurette 35 Paris production 70–76 Teatro de la Reforma (Mexico City) Polish production 41 42, 43 Russian production 41 Terry, Megan 2, 121 social issues 49, 71, 99, 121, 124, Viet Rock 2 125, 126, 130, 132, 134, 135, Tianjin 136, 138, 142 People’s Art Theatre 41 South African production Tischler, Nancy 3, 84 104–06 Torn, Rip 106, 109, 164 Spanish production 41, 45 Torun Swedish productions 57 Teatr Zieni Pomorskiej 41 Swiss production 40 touring company (1949–50) 33–39 teleplays 149, 160–66 Trewin, J. C. 63, 68 translations 43, 77, 78 Tynan, Kenneth 70 tryouts 15 Washington, D.C. production Vega, Luis Mier 44 140–42 Vienna Ström, Carl Johan 41, 58 Akademie Theater 40 Strindberg, August 57, 62 Viertel, Berthold 40 Sugimura, Haruko 78, 79, 80, 81, Vincent, Yves 71, 72, 74, 75 107 Visconti, Count Luchino 41, 47, 48, Synge, John Millington 90 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 58, Sylvester, Harold 135, 136, 137 59, 72

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Vlasopolos, Anca 24 on Claire Bloom 97 Voight, Jon 91, 92, 93, 96, 101, 113, compared with O’Neill 44 119 correspondence with Olivier 66 creative similarities with Ingmar Wagner, Richard 17 Bergman 58 Walken, Christopher 110, 114 Glass Menagerie 4, 12, 44, 48, 57, Warner, Jack 155 59, 60 Warner Brothers 77, 149, 151, 155, on Jessica Tandy 18 156 on Kazan 7, 8, 12 Watts, Douglas 95, 110, 111, 113, on Kim Hunter 33 116, 157, 158 on McCarthyism Watts, Richard Jr. 30, 32, 36, 38 on Marlon Brando 24, 25 Weaver, Lois 142, 143, 146 on Martin Shaw 102 Weaver, Sigourney 110 on Mexican production 44 Welch, Mary 34 Milk Train 85 Welles, Orson 87 Night of the Iguana 106, 107, West, Mae 31, 146 132 Williams, Dakin on Olivier 66 Williams, Donald 159 “Portrait of a Madonna” 18 Williams, Karel 158 Red Devil Battery Sign 12 Williams, Tennessee 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, at rehearsals for Streetcar 121 10, 16, 24, 39, 42, 48, 49, 63, revisions of Streetcar 9 77, 84, 98, 121, 129, 132, 152, Rose Tattoo 30, 109 153, 157, 159, 166, 169, 170, Something Cloudy, Something 174 Clear 85 on Ann-Margret 160 on Streetcar ﬁlm (1951) 16, attending Italian premiere 48 151 Baby Doll 8, 30 Summer and Smoke 108, 109 Battle of Angels 85 Sweet Bird of Youth 8, 12, 85, on bi-coastal Streetcars 91, 94 106, 107, 122 on black actors in Streetcar 94 on Tallulah Bankhead 85, 87 on Blanche 101 on Visconti 48 Camino Real 8, 22, 30 Williams, Treat 160, 161, 164 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 8, 12 Williamstown Theatre Festival 109, challenging sex codes 2, 65, 99, 110, 113 145 Wolheim, Louis 26

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Wood, Audrey 4, 5, 6, 18, 25, 40, 43, Yeargan, Michael 171 44, 122, 123, 126 Wrocl-aw Zaninelli, Luigi 16 Rozmaitosci Teatr 41 Zeﬃrelli, Franco 41, 48, 49, 52, 53, 54 Yacowar, Maurice 151 Zuccaro, Marianne 138 Yamawaki, K. 79, 80, 81