Williams embarks on a new play and Marlon Brando turns up for an unconventional audition for it. Read by Damien Lewis. Show more
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Testing times ahead as Cat on Hot Tin Roof takes shape. John Lahr's biography of the American playwright read by Damien Lewis. Show more
Williams makes new friends in Europe. Back home an encounter promises love and inspiration for a new play. Read by Damien Lewis. Show more
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Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh
Episode 1: Broadway Success and Childhood
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. Echoes of Williams's troubled childhood are present in his first Broadway success, The Glass Menagerie. Read by Damien Lewis. Show more
Crisis point is reached as Williams writes the Sweet Bird of Youth. Concluded by Damien Lewis, Trevor White and Elaine Claxton. Show more