David Frost talks to Tennessee Williams - a rare television appearance by the American playwright.

Williams talks freely and intimately about his alcoholism, 'I'm just on myself now'; his philosophy, 'that romanticism is absolutely essential'; his God, 'I think he has odd moments of compassion'; and his loves, 'I don't want to be involved in some subject for scandal but I've covered the waterfront.'

He explains the relationship between his life and his writing and discusses excerpts from A Street-car Named Desire, Camino Real, and The Rose Tattoo performed by Jessica Tandy, Maureen Stapleton, and Eli Wallach.

This programme is in sharp contrast to the first of the series with the Burtons. Frost extracts a very personal interview from Tennessee Williams. He is a soft, timid man: the power of his writing, in the excerpts we hear, contrasts remarkably with the reticence of their author.