Orpheus Descending

Sloane Shelton as gossip Beulah takes the lead in the opening, explaining to friend Pee Wee (Patti Allison) about Vanessa Redgrave (as “Lady” Torrance) and husband Jabe (Brad Sullivan), in director Peter Hall’s TV adaptation of his Broadway play, based on Tennessee Williams, Orpheus Descending, 1990.

Half-Italian southerner “Lady” (Vanessa Redgrave) comes downstairs into the store to call for help for her cruel husband who’s not recovering well from surgery, where she’s surprised to meet Elvis-like drifter Val (Kevin Anderson), both actors in roles they played on Broadway, in the TV adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ Orpheus Descending, 1990.