Word: uptrodden
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tremulous letter to the New York Times, Playwright Tennessee Williams at last explained the flap surrounding the debut of uptrodden Tallulah Bankhead as downtrodden Blanche Dubois in his A Streetcar Named Desire (TIME, Feb. 13). It was the morning after opening night in Miami, with three weeks to go before Streetcar careened into Manhattan's City Center. Recalled Williams: "She asked me meekly if she had played Blanche better than anyone else had played her. I hope you will forgive me for having answered, 'No, your performance was the worst I have seen.' . . . I never stated publicly...
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