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Events on Wednesday 3 December 1947 1
1947A Streetcar Named Desire premieresTennessee Williams's play opens on BroadwayA Streetcar Named Desire opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on 3 December 1947, directed by Elia Kazan and starring Marlon Brando and Jessica Tandy. It won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It is regarded as one of the major American plays of the century.