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Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: August 6 by David Gewirtzman and Ernio Hernandez, Robert Viagas

1947 Today's Variety announces that John Garfield will star in the premiere production of a new Tennessee Williams play, titled A Streetcar Named Desire. As history will have it, however, contractual demands rule him out, only to be replaced by a little-known newcomer, Marlon Brando.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM on August 6, 2015

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