Video: 'Jessica Tandy & Marlon Brando-A Streetcar Named Desire (Radio Version)'

(Wednesday, December 3, 1947, 8:00 p.m. EST) — A Streetcar Named Desire, a play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams about a fading southern belle who tries to build a new life with her sister in New Orleans, opened on Broadway tonight at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City.

Directed by Elia Kazan, the Broadway production starred Jessica Tandy, Marlon Brando, Karl Malden and Kim Hunter.