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STREETCAR UPDATE.(The Talk of the Town)(Natasha Richardson)(Edward Hall)(Interview)
The Roundabout Theatre's production of Tennessee Williams's "A Streetcar Named Desire"--the play's sixth on Broadway since the original, with Marlon Brando, opened, fifty-eight years ago--begins previews next week at Studio 54. After rehearsal the other evening, the director, Edward Hall, and his Blanche, Natasha Richardson, hung around, mulling over plans. They already appeared to be palpably overtaken by the drama. Richardson, who usually is, in her own persona, elegantly calm, looked frail, her shoulders slumping, and huskiness creeping into her voice. Her hair, in the service of her character, was bleached a strawlike blond. Hall, who is thirty-eight, with an unruly thatch atop his head, exuded confidence and determination.
"Everything that was said about the play when it opened in 1947 is absolutely useless for directing," he said. "The reviews were always commenting on what the play means, instead of the way Williams makes the conversations happen."
"I had no interest in doing ...
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