A Streetcar Named Desire

N.p. N.p., Circa 1947. Two vintage borderless double weight photographs, one showing actress Jessica Tandy displaying her knitting to director Elia Kazan and stage designer Mordecai Gorelik, and the other two showing Tandy and Kazan in conversation, taken in Tandy's dressing room between performances of the 1947 play. One with two printed mimeo snipes on the verso.

From the archive of the PIX Agency, a photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.

Tennessee Williams' masterpiece, a landmark of modern American theatre, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and basis for the 1951 film also directed by Elia Kazan, with Marlon Brando reprising his role as Stanley. The play debuted at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven in November 1947, before eventually moving to the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway on December 3, 1947. Nominated for a Tony Award for Jessica Tandy as Best Actress.

Two 10.5 x 7 inches, one 11 x 7.5 inches. Near Fine.

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