<P> In London, the play was directed by Peter Hall and opened at the Comedy Theatre on January 30, 1958 . Kim Stanley starred as Maggie, with Paul Massie as Brick and Leo McKern as Big Daddy . </P> <P> A 1974 revival by the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford, Connecticut, featured Elizabeth Ashley, Keir Dullea, Fred Gwynne, Kate Reid, and Charles Siebert . Ashley was nominated for a Tony Award . For this production, Williams restored much of the text which he had removed from the original one at the insistence of Elia Kazan . He included a revised third act and made substantial revisions elsewhere . According to Ashley, Williams allowed the actors to examine his original notes and various drafts of the script, and to make additions to the dialogue . When this production moved from Connecticut to Broadway, the part of Lacey was omitted and the number of Mae and Gooper's children reduced to three . In that same decade, John Carradine and Mercedes McCambridge toured in a road company production as Big Daddy and Big Mama . </P> <P> The 1988 London National Theatre production, directed by Howard Davies, starred Ian Charleson, Lindsay Duncan, Barbara Leigh - Hunt, and Eric Porter . </P> <P> A revival in 1990 featured Kathleen Turner, who was nominated for a Tony for her performance as Maggie, though New York magazine called her "hopelessly lost...in this limp production ." Charles Durning, as Big Daddy, received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play . Daniel Hugh Kelly was Brick, and Polly Holliday was Big Mama . Holliday also was nominated for a Tony . </P>

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