Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh

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Trevor White

Elaine Claxton

Bettrys Jones

Ian Conningham

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John Lahr

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The biography of America's great playwright by the acclaimed theatre critic, John Lahr.

Williams embarks on a new play and Marlon Brando turns up for an unconventional audition for it. Read by Damien Lewis.

Tennessee Williams embarks on a new play, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Marlon Brando attends an unconventional audition for the part of Stanley.

John Lahr's evocative biography of America's great playwright.  

Read by Damian Lewis with Trevor White as the voice of Tennessee Williams. 

With the voices of Elaine Claxton, Bettrys Jones and Ian Conningham.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton
Producer: Elizabeth Allard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2014.

Book of the Week: Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh

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Biography of America's great playwright by the acclaimed theatre critic John Lahr.

Biography of America's great playwright by the acclaimed theatre critic John Lahr. Damian Lewis reads.

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