Professor David Peimer
Tennessee Williams: A Streetcar Named Desire: The Film, the Play
Summary
Staged in 1947, why has “A Streetcar Named Desire” endured as well as it has? It is about a post-war era long gone and a vision of our age. The play is full of sanity in doubt, immigration, fierce sexuality, raw gritty life, denial and bittersweet dreams. It illustrates a world where, as Yeats wrote, “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, the blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned.”
Professor David Peimer
David Peimer is a Professor of Literature, Film and Theatre in the UK. He has worked for the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, New York University (Global Division) and was a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University. Born in South Africa, David has won numerous awards for playwriting and directing in New York, UK, Berlin, EU Parliament (Brussels), Athens, Budapest, Zululand and more. He has most recently directed Dame Janet Suzman in his own play, Joanna’s Story, at London Jewish Book Week. He has published widely with books including: Armed Response: Plays from South Africa, the digital book, Theatre in the Camps. He is on the board of the Pinter Centre (London), and has been involved with the Mandela Foundation, Vaclav Havel Foundation and directed a range of plays at Mr Havel’s Prague theatre.
Yes, he did.