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A Streetcar Named Desire, Young Vic/National Theatre at Home
Gillian Anderson is riveting as the damaged goods in a Tennessee Williams classic
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WHEN A Streetcar Named Desire premiered in New York in 1947, it was hailed as a sensation. It went on to become a 20th-century tour de force and as director Benedict Andrews demonstrates in this Young Vic production, it is an abiding masterpiece.
TO DIE FOR: Gillian Anderson (centre) as Blanche DuBois [Photo Alastair Muir]
Its subtle updating is an astonishingly daring approach given writer Tennessee Williams’s precision in its original setting.
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