Beauty, in Miller’s sense, is not on Frecknall’s menu. Blanche’s costumes (by Merle Hensel) make no pretense of prettiness, just as the staging leaves her no dignity. The lighting (by Lee Curran) is harsh and the sound (by Peter Rice) harsher. The drums obscure some of the dialogue.

The actor stars alongside an equally extraordinary Patsy Ferran in this production of the Tennessee Williams classic, which has transferred to the Brooklyn Academy of Music after an Olivier-winning London run.

Following sold-out runs in London’s West End, a revival of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Paul Mescal with Patsy Ferran and Anjana Vasan, is now playing at BAM. Check out opening night photos here!

Actor Paul Mescal has rose to fame in the last few years, and he doesn't have any plans of stopping his momentum in the entertainment industry anytime soon