[PAR] [TLE] A Streetcar Named Desire [SEP] A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams that received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948.  The play opened on Broadway on December 3, 1947, and closed on December 17, 1949, in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.  The Broadway production was directed by Elia Kazan and starred Jessica Tandy, Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, and Kim Hunter.  The London production opened in 1949 with Bonar Colleano, Vivien Leigh, and Renee Asherson and was directed by Laurence Olivier.  The drama "A Streetcar Named Desire" is often regarded as among the finest plays of the 20th century, and is considered by many to be Williams' greatest. [PAR] [TLE] Viola Keats [SEP] Viola Keats (1911–1998) was a British stage, film and television actress. " The Independent" called her "an actress of vigour and conviction."  After training at RADA, her first appearance on the London Stage was at the Apollo Theatre in 1933, in "The Distaff Side", and the following year she made her Broadway debut in the same play.  Her first screen appearance was in 1933 in "Too Many Wives", and she went on to have starring roles in films such as "A Woman Alone".  From the 1950s, her screen work was largely in television, but she continued to work throughout in the theatre, including an Australian tour of "A Streetcar Named Desire" as Blanche, and in the 1958 Agatha Christie play "Verdict" at the Strand Theatre.  She spent her retirement living in Brighton.
[PAR] [TLE] A Streetcar Named Desire [ SEP ] A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams that received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948 . The play opened on Broadway on December 3 , 1947 , and closed on December 17 , 1949 , in the Ethel Barrymore Theatre . The Broadway production was directed by Elia Kazan and starred Jessica Tandy , Marlon Brando , Karl Malden , and Kim Hunter . The London production opened in 1949 with Bonar Colleano , Vivien Leigh , and Renee Asherson and was directed by Laurence Olivier . The drama " A Streetcar Named Desire " is often regarded as among the finest plays of the 20th century , and is considered by many to be Williams ' greatest . [PAR] [TLE] Viola Keats [ SEP ] Viola Keats ( 1911–1998 ) was a British stage , film and television actress . " The Independent " called her " an actress of vigour and conviction . " After training at RADA , her first appearance on the London Stage was at the Apollo Theatre in 1933 , in " The Distaff Side " , and the following year she made her Broadway debut in the same play . Her first screen appearance was in 1933 in " Too Many Wives " , and she went on to have starring roles in films such as " A Woman Alone " . From the 1950s , her screen work was largely in television , but she continued to work throughout in the theatre , including an Australian tour of " A Streetcar Named Desire " as Blanche , and in the 1958 Agatha Christie play " Verdict " at the Strand Theatre . She spent her retirement living in Brighton .
What actress played Blanche in an Australian tour of a play that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948?
What actress played Blanche in an Australian tour of a play that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948 ?
Viola Keats
Viola Keats