Tennessee Williams Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)

A study of Tennessee Williamss life and work as a whole ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St Louis to success and acclaim followed by the final difficult years Includes some of the most celebrated scenes from film adaptations of Williams work among them extracts of A Streetcar Named Desire 1951Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1958 Night of the Iguana The 1964 and Suddenly Last Summer 1993 TV Contains footage of Williams being interviewed including conversations with David Frost Edward R Murrow I and Melvyn Bragg as well as reminiscences from people who knew and worked with him among them Edward Albee Gore Vidal and his lifelong friend Lady Maria St Just Features readings from Elia Kazans Notebook by Kim Hunter