Who wrote A Streetcar Named Desire, which is a play in which Viola Keats starred as Blanche during an Australian tour?
Viola Keats 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.
An Old Jew An Old Jew is an 1894 play by the British writer Sydney Grundy. It opened at the Garrick Theatre in London on 6 January 1894 with its original run ending less than a month later on 3 February. The play was written for one of the leading actor-manager's of the era John Hare. The play was revived on several occasions, beginning the following year at the Coronet Theatre under the alternative title of Julius Sterne, the name of the main character. Gerald du Maurier a future stage star, made his debut in the play with a very small role.