Tennessee Williams' South

The brutes and the belles. The gadflies and the good ol' boys. The taboos and the profound truths. They're all part of a tennessee state of mind -- a realm of places, personalities and ideas. Williams is front and center for this exploration, reading from his works, placing them in the context of his life, and serving as guide in visits to his career-shaping refuge in New Orleans and his later-day writing quarters in Key West. Also, dramatizations by distinguished actors -- including Jessica Tandy, Broadway's original Blanche DuBois, in a recreation of her A Streetcar Named Desire triumph -- give flesh-and-bone immediacy to some of the writer's famed works. In his own words. In his own places. The resilient character and memorable characters of one of our greatest writers reside in Tennessee Williams' South.

Billed Cast

Tennessee Williams

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Harry Rasky

Burl Ives

Self - Charlie Colton

Colleen Dewhurst

Self - Hannah Jelkes

John Colicos

Self - Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon

William Hutt

Jessica Tandy

Self - Amanda Wingfield

Michael York

Self - Jim O'Connor

Maureen Stapleton

Self - Amanda Wingfield