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Quote of the day by Vivien Leigh: 'People think that if you look fairly reasonable, you can't possibly...' - motivational quote by Oscar-winning actress of Gone with the Wind teaches life lessons on beauty, self-worth and why appearance should never define your talent

Quote of the day by Vivien Leigh: Vivien Leigh believed beauty could hinder an actress's career. She felt people underestimated talent when appearance was prominent. Leigh pursued acting, wanting her skills to define her performances. She achieved international fame for her roles in major films. Her legacy endures through her…

The Economic Times

Actor Temi Wilkey: ‘No one saw me as a Blanche DuBois or a Juliet’

Her one-woman show Main Character Energy has been a long time coming, with the writer-performer trying drag, standup and clowning to find her funny voice. ‘You have to put yourself in the limelight,’ she says

The Guardian - UK

A Streetcar Named Desire review – Nikki Shiels is majestic but she’s no Blanche

Melbourne Theatre CompanyShiels often uses her extraordinary voice for comedic effect under direction that seems determined to wrest the classic away from poeticism to the almost ribald

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Streetcar is a modern take but keeps to original script

The actors involved in MTC's A Streetcar Named Desire know they have enormous shoes to fill and have risen to the challenge while being sensitive to the theme.

AAP

Patsy Ferran and Anjana Vasan: the Evening Standard Theatre Awards Best Actresses on their winning sister act

The pair were gobsmacked when they were both named as joint winners

Evening Standard

I asked an expert why my cat hates women and children

Few animals are more aloof and impenetrable than the cat, no matter how much we bond with them. Eager to unlock the mysteries of her own cat, Olivia Petter invited feline expert, and author of the forthcoming ‘The Hidden Language of Cats’, Dr Sarah Brown to meet – and hopefully…

The Independent UK

My Brilliant Career to be adapted into a pop-rock musical as part of Melbourne Theatre Company’s 2024 lineup

‘Joyful’ new show to cap off MTC season also featuring Pulitzer-winning plays Topdog/Underdog and English, and a ‘fresh take’ on A Streetcar Named Desire

The Guardian - AU

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Patsy Ferran on stage stardom, performing with Paul Mescal, and Pygmalion: ‘I only ever watched the first 75 per cent of My Fair Lady’

She stepped in to play Blanche to Paul Mescal’s Stanley at the 11th hour. Now she’s taking on her childhood dream role of Eliza Doolittle. Andrzej Lukowski talks to Patsy Ferran, the most exciting stage actor of her generation

The Independent UK

Pitlochry Festival Theatre puts on refined performance of A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire at Pitlochry Festival Theatre

The National (Scotland)

A Streetcar Named Desire review – rage restrained, then turned up to 11

Kirsty Stuart’s Blanche is convincingly respectable in this revival of the Tennessee Williams classic, before she spectacularly unravels

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Ballet's A Streetcar Named Desire is stunning

IT is some 11 years since Scottish Ballet’s acclaimed adaptation of Tennessee Williams’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Streetcar Named Desire…

The National (Scotland)

Patsy Ferran on pairing up with Paul Mescal in Streetcar: ‘The nerves just skyrocketed’

The actor had just a week to rehearse for A Streetcar Named Desire. Fortunately, her turn as tragic belle Blanche DuBois has audiences enchanted

The Guardian - UK

A Streetcar Named Desire with Paul Mescal transfers to West End

Critically acclaimed and now boasting an Oscar nominee, the Almeida’s Tennessee Williams production will move to the Phoenix theatre this spring

The Guardian - UK

A Streetcar Named Desire: Paul Mescal’s cruel Stanley leaves Normal People’s gold chain in tatters

The ‘Aftersun’ actor gives an entrancing performance in Rebecca Frecknall’s intense Tennessee Williams revival at the Almeida

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Evening Standard

A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida review: Paul Mescal is horribly good and Patsy Ferran is astonishing

With this revival Frecknall proves herself again to be a director of great vision and invention

The Independent UK

A Streetcar Named Desire at 75: Blanche, Stanley, and the Tennessee Williams play that still haunts us

As Paul Mescal takes on the role first made famous by Marlon Brando, Holly Williams looks at the star-studded history of ‘Streetcar’, a play full of parts coveted by big name actors

Evening Standard

Almeida Theatre cancels first week of Streetcar Named Desire as lead actor withdraws

Islington theatre brings in Patsy Ferran for lead part after Lydia Wilson pulls out

The Guardian - UK

Almeida theatre cancels performances of A Streetcar Named Desire as actor withdraws

Patsy Ferran will take over from Lydia Wilson when the London production opens a week late, alongside co-stars Paul Mescal and Anjana Vasan

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Lorna Watson ready to expand on Sister Boniface character

Not every young actress gets to play Lady Macbeth or Blanche DuBois when they’re starting out. Take British performer Lorna Watson for example. One of her first jobs was dressing up as a giant strawberry at Wimbledon. “I did work at a rugby stadium too and I had to dress…

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