Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh

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

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BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh, Crisis Point

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

Crisis point is reached as Williams writes the Sweet Bird of Youth. Concluded by Damien Lewis, Trevor White and Elaine Claxton.

Drink and pills lead Tennessee Williams to crisis point. His troubled relationship with Frank Merlo is reflected in a new play, Sweet Bird of Youth.

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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