Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh

Synopsis

Williams embarks on a new play and Marlon Brando turns up for an unconventional audition for it. Read by Damien Lewis.

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Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh | 1: Broadway Success and Childhood

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Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh | 3: Moon of Pause

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Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh | 4: Testing Times

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Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh | 5: Crisis Point

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Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh | BBC Radio 4 | 2014